CVE-2014-9661

Description

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.

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134396/FreeType-2.5.3-Type42-Parsing-Use-After-Free.html

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://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3

EPSS