CVE-2014-9746

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-9746
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-06-07 14:06:00 UTC
Updated2018-07-19 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) t1_parse_font_matrix function in type1/t1load.c, (2) cid_parse_font_matrix function in cid/cidload.c, (3) t42_parse_font_matrix function in type42/t42parse.c, and (4) ps_parser_load_field function in psaux/psobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 do not check return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted font.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - CVE Request: 2 FreeType issues MLIST www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: 2 FreeType issues MLIST www.openwall.com
CPU July 2018 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
The FreeType Project - Bugs: bug #41309, Use of uninitialized memory in... [Savannah] MISC savannah.nongnu.org
freetype/freetype2.git - The FreeType 2 library CONFIRM git.savannah.gnu.org
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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