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CVE-2014-9656

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Description

The tt_sbit_decoder_load_image function in sfnt/ttsbit.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OpenType font.

References

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http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2014-9466

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f0292bb9920aa1dbfed5f53861e7c7a89b35833a

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=196

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-02-08

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.04578

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