CVE-2014-9656

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    CVE-2014-9656

    Published: 8 Feb 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The tt_sbit_decoder_load_image function in sfnt/ttsbit.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OpenType font.

    References: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html, 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://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.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05, http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=196, http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f0292bb9920aa1dbfed5f53861e7c7a89b35833a, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986

    Affected packages

    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
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