Buffer overflow in Freetype
CVE-2014-9659
cff/cf2intrp.c in the CFF CharString interpreter in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with additional hints after the hint mask has been computed, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted OpenType font. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2240.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.077 (94.4th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.077 · newest: 0.077 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freetype
- Oracle Solaris — versions 10.0, 11.2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 14.04
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 20, 21
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail (Exploit)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html (Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)