Description
cff/cf2ft.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not validate the return values of point-allocation functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OTF font.
Published: 2015-02-08
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 3.9% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9472 cff/cf2ft.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not validate the return values of point-allocation functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OTF font.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2510-1 FreeType vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Freetype Freetype
Opensuse Opensuse
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:55:02.926Z

Reserved: 2015-02-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-9662

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-02-08T11:59:24.537

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-9662

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-11-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9662 - Bugzilla

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