CVE-2014-9660

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    CVE-2014-9660

    Published: 8 Feb 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly handle a missing ENDCHAR record, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted BDF font.

    References: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html, http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=af8346172a7b573715134f7a51e6c5c60fa7f2ab, 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://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.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=188, http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=af8346172a7b573715134f7a51e6c5c60fa7f2ab, 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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