CVE-2014-9668

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Description

The woff_open_font function in sfnt/sfobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with offset+length calculations without restricting length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Web Open Font Format (WOFF) file.

References

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=164

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f46add13895337ece929b18bb8f036431b3fb538

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2015-02-08

Updated: 2018-10-30

Type: CWE-119

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

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

Impact Score: 6.4

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: HIGH

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2

OR

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4

OR

cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 2.5.3 (inclusive)

Tenable Plugins

View all (6 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
82461openSUSE Security Update : freetype2 (openSUSE-2015-274)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
81752SuSE 11.3 Security Update : freetype2 (SAT Patch Number 10386)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
81690GLSA-201503-05 : FreeType: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
high
81509Ubuntu 10.04 LTS / 12.04 LTS / 14.04 LTS / 14.10 : freetype vulnerabilities (USN-2510-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
high
81429Fedora 20 : freetype-2.5.0-9.fc20 (2015-2216)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
81415Fedora 21 : freetype-2.5.3-15.fc21 (2015-2237)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high