Description
The Load_SBit_Png function in sfnt/pngshim.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not restrict the rows and pitch values of PNG data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by embedding a PNG file in a .ttf font file.
Published: 2015-02-08
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 3.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-185-1 freetype security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9475 The Load_SBit_Png function in sfnt/pngshim.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not restrict the rows and pitch values of PNG data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by embedding a PNG file in a .ttf font file.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2510-1 FreeType vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Fedoraproject Fedora
Freetype Freetype
Opensuse Opensuse
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:55:04.093Z

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

Link: CVE-2014-9665

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-02-08T11:59:27.337

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

Link: CVE-2014-9665

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

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

Links: CVE-2014-9665 - Bugzilla

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