CVE-2014-2240

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-2240
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-03-12 14:55:30 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionStack-based buffer overflow in the cf2_hintmap_build function in cff/cf2hints.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of stem hints in a font file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Freetype Freetype 1.3.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.2 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.8 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.0.9 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.10 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.8 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.8 rc1 All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.1.9 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.2.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.2.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.10 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.11 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.12 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.2 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.8 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.3.9 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.10 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.11 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.12 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.2 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.3 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.4 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.6 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.7 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.8 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.4.9 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.5 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype 2.5.1 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
FreeType Buffer Overflow in CFF Driver Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
FreeType 'src/cff/cf2hints.c' Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
The FreeType Project - Bugs: bug #41697, Out-of-bounds stack-based... [Savannah] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 savannah.nongnu.org
Security Advisory SA57291 - FreeType CFF Fonts Stem Hints Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA57447 - Ubuntu update for freetype - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
The FreeType Project af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.freetype.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
USN-2148-1: FreeType vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
The FreeType Project - Browse /freetype2/2.5.3 at SourceForge.net af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sourceforge.net
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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