USN-2510-1

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    USN-2510-1

    Published: 24 Feb 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: freetype vulnerabilities

    Details: Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2510-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9656, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9657, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9658, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9659, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9660, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9661, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9662, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9663, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9664, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9665, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9666, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9667, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9668, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9669, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9670, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9671, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9672, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9673, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9674, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9675

    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