Unscored severity · published Feb 8, 2015
CVE-2014-9675
bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer…
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CVSS
4.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.2% · higher than 91% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Desktop · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Hpc Node · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus · Redhat
7.1 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Server Eus · Redhat
6.6.z; 7.1 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux Workstation · Redhat
6.0; 7.0 · source: NVD
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
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-2014-9675
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9675
Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
Exploit
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=151
Issue Tracking
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2c4832d30939b45c05757f0a05128ce64c4cacc7
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
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