UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9670

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9670

    Published: 8 Feb 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-9670
    Aliases:
    USN-2510-1

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer signedness errors in the pcf_get_encodings function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) via a crafted PCF file that specifies negative values for the first column and first row.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9670, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2510-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9670

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: freetype

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4

    Affected versions

    2.4.12-0ubuntu1

    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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