CVE Feed

    Dashboard / CVE / CVE-2014-9661

    CVE-2014-9661

    type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font.

    Published:Nov 24, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Feb 8, 2015
    EPSS Score:0.04855
    CVSS Score:7.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Freetype
    Product
    Freetype
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Desktop
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Hpc Node
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Server Eus
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux Workstation

    Exploits

    http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-540 Overread Buffers

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2026-13476 (CVSS 7.3) — IBM Informix Dynamic Server 14.10, 15.0, and 12.10 could allow an unauthenticated user to execute arbitrary co…
    CVE-2026-13367 (CVSS 7.8) — IBM Informix Dynamic Server 14.10, and 15.0 contain a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the oninit s…
    CVE-2026-47337 (CVSS 3.3) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contain SAUCE patches with a possible NULL pointer dereference in the handling …
    CVE-2026-47336 (CVSS 3.3) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8 contains SAUCE patches with a possible use of an uninitialized variable in AppArmor AF_INET/A…
    CVE-2026-47335 (CVSS 5.5) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8 contains SAUCE patches with a possible NULL pointer dereference in the handling of AppArmor n…
    CVE-2026-47334 (CVSS 5.5) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contain AppArmor SAUCE patches which incorrectly sleep while holding a spinlock…
    CVE-2026-47333 (CVSS 7.8) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contain AppArmor SAUCE patches which can potentially incorrectly compute the si…
    CVE-2026-47332 (CVSS 5.5) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 6.17 and 7.0 contain AppArmor SAUCE patches which incorrectly validate the size of an intern…
    CVE-2026-47331 (CVSS 7.8) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8 contains AppArmor SAUCE patches which fail to acquire a lock when modifying a linked list. An…
    CVE-2026-47330 (CVSS 3.3) — Ubuntu Linux 6.8, 7.17 and 7.0 contain AppArmor SAUCE patches which can, under certain circumstances, use an u…

    References

    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
    http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187
    http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4
    http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134396/FreeType-2.5.3-Type42-Parsing-Use-After-Free.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
    http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
    http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187
    http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4
    http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
    http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134396/FreeType-2.5.3-Type42-Parsing-Use-After-Free.html
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html
    http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055
    http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High