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
EPSS: 0.077 (94.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
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
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, x_refsource_MISC)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_FEDORA, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Patch, Vendor Advisory)