Vulnerability in Freetype
CVE-2014-9666
The tt_sbit_decoder_init function in sfnt/ttsbit.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with a count-to-size association without restricting the count value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted embedded bitmap.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.8 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.042 (90.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 91st percentile — 90.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.042 · newest: 0.042 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Freetype
- Oracle Solaris — versions 10.0, 11.2
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 12.04, 14.04
- Debian Linux — versions 7.0
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 20, 21
- openSUSE — versions 13.1, 13.2
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 6.0, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node — versions 6, 7.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus — versions 7.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 6.0, 7.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail (Exploit)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 (vdb-entry)
- 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)
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html (Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html (Third Party Advisory)
- git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2014-9666?
- CVE-2014-9666 is a vulnerability in Freetype, classified under CWE-189. Published 2015-02-08.
- Is CVE-2014-9666 known to be exploited?
- 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.