CVE-2014-9745

Summary

CVECVE-2014-9745
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-09-14 20:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionThe parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a "broken number-with-base" in a Postscript stream, as demonstrated by 8#garbage.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-399

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Freetype Freetype All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
459050 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail CONFIRM code.google.com
Bug #1492124 “infinite loop in parse_encoding (t1load.c)” : Bugs : freetype package : Ubuntu CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net
FreeType Bugs Let Remote Users Deny Service and Local Users Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
The FreeType Project - Bugs: bug #41590, infinite loop in parse_encoding... [Savannah] CONFIRM savannah.nongnu.org
USN-2739-1: FreeType vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
freetype/freetype2.git - The FreeType 2 library CONFIRM git.savannah.gnu.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:1704-1: moderate: Security update for freetype2 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
FreeType 't1load.c' Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3370-1 freetype DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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