CVE-2014-9668

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    CVE-2014-9668

    Published: 8 Feb 2015Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The woff_open_font function in sfnt/sfobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with offset+length calculations without restricting length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Web Open Font Format (WOFF) file.

    References: 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=164, http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f46add13895337ece929b18bb8f036431b3fb538, 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.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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