Unscored severity · published Feb 8, 2015
CVE-2014-9659
cff/cf2intrp.c in the CFF CharString interpreter in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with additional hints after the hint mask has been computed, which allows remote attackers to…
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CVSS
7.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
cff/cf2intrp.c in the CFF CharString interpreter in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with additional hints after the hint mask has been computed, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted OpenType font. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2240.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)7.7% · higher than 95% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
20; 21 · source: NVD
FR
Freetype · Freetype
through 2.5.3 · source: NVD
OP
Opensuse · Opensuse
13.1; 13.2 · source: NVD
SO
Solaris · Oracle
10.0; 11.2 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
10.04; 12.04; 14.04; 14.10; 15.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9659
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9659
Exploit
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=190
Patch
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2cdc4562f873237f1c77d43540537c7a721d3fd8
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
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