ISOMAN

CVE

CVE-2014-9661

type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
  2. http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187
  3. http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4
  4. http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669
  5. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
  6. http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
  7. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
  8. http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134396/FreeType-2.5.3-Type42-Parsing-Use-After-Free.html
  9. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html
  10. http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
  11. http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055
  12. http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
  13. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
  14. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
  15. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
  16. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
  17. http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
  18. http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187
  19. http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4
  20. http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669