Description
The woff_open_font function in sfnt/sfobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with offset+length calculations without restricting length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Web Open Font Format (WOFF) file.
Published: 2015-02-08
Score: 7.5 High
EPSS: 2.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9478 The woff_open_font function in sfnt/sfobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with offset+length calculations without restricting length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Web Open Font Format (WOFF) 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: 2024-08-06T13:55:02.949Z

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

Link: CVE-2014-9668

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-02-08T11:59:29.977

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

Link: CVE-2014-9668

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

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

Links: CVE-2014-9668 - Bugzilla

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