CVE-2014-9659

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    CVE-2014-9659

    Published: 8 Feb 2015Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2cdc4562f873237f1c77d43540537c7a721d3fd8, 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.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=190, http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2cdc4562f873237f1c77d43540537c7a721d3fd8

    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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