CVE-2014-9675

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Description

bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font.

References

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

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=151

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2c4832d30939b45c05757f0a05128ce64c4cacc7

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

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

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

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

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2015-02-08

Updated: 2018-10-30

Type: CWE-264

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

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

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

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 2

OR

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

Configuration 3

OR

cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4

OR

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

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

Configuration 5

OR

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.6.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 6

OR

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

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

Tenable Plugins

View all (17 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
91368F5 Networks BIG-IP : Multiple FreeType vulnerabilities (K16900)NessusF5 Networks Local Security Checks
high
82509Amazon Linux AMI : freetype (ALAS-2015-502)NessusAmazon Linux Local Security Checks
high
82479Debian DLA-185-1 : freetype security updateNessusDebian Local Security Checks
high
82461openSUSE Security Update : freetype2 (openSUSE-2015-274)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
82342Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freetype2 (MDVSA-2015:089)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
high
82262Scientific Linux Security Update : freetype on SL6.x, SL7.x i386/x86_64 (20150318)NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
81967OracleVM 3.3 : freetype (OVMSA-2015-0036)NessusOracleVM Local Security Checks
high
81938Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freetype2 (MDVSA-2015:055)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
high
81924CentOS 6 / 7 : freetype (CESA-2015:0696)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
high
81907RHEL 7 : freetype (RHSA-2015:0696)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
high
81902Oracle Linux 6 / 7 : freetype (ELSA-2015-0696)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
high
81832Debian DSA-3188-1 : freetype - security updateNessusDebian 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