ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2014-9660

The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly handle a missing ENDCHAR record, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted BDF font.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
Published
Modified

Linked Releases

References

  1. http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
  2. http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=188
  3. http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=af8346172a7b573715134f7a51e6c5c60fa7f2ab
  4. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
  5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
  6. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
  7. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html
  8. http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
  9. http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055
  10. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
  11. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
  12. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
  13. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
  14. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
  15. http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
  16. http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=188
  17. http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=af8346172a7b573715134f7a51e6c5c60fa7f2ab
  18. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
  19. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
  20. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html