What is CVE-2014-9747?

CVE-2014-9747 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freetype, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-06-07.

How severe is CVE-2014-9747?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Is CVE-2014-9747 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Freetype

CVE-2014-9747

The t42_parse_encoding function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly update the current position for immediates-only mode, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a Type42 font.

Published 2016-06-07 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.030 (86.9th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 87th percentile — 86.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.030 · newest: 0.030 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Freetype
Debian Linux — versions 7.0, 8.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-399

Public proof-of-concept exploits

ARPSyndicate/cvemon

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/4 (mailing-list)
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/src/type42/t42parse.c
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/25/4 (mailing-list)
savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/
www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370 (vendor-advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2014-9747?: CVE-2014-9747 is a high-severity vulnerability in Freetype, classified under CWE-399. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-06-07.
How severe is CVE-2014-9747?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
Is CVE-2014-9747 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.