7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2014-2240

Published: 12/03/2014 Updated: 26/01/2021
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 668
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cf2_hintmap_build function in cff/cf2hints.c in FreeType prior to 2.5.3 allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of stem hints in a font file.

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freetype freetype 2.5.1

freetype freetype

freetype freetype 2.0.6

freetype freetype 2.0.7

freetype freetype 2.1.5

freetype freetype 2.4.12

freetype freetype 2.5

freetype freetype 2.0.3

freetype freetype 2.0.4

freetype freetype 2.0.5

freetype freetype 2.1.3

freetype freetype 2.1.4

freetype freetype 2.1.9

freetype freetype 2.2.0

freetype freetype 2.3.2

freetype freetype 2.3.3

freetype freetype 2.3.4

freetype freetype 2.4.1

freetype freetype 2.4.10

freetype freetype 2.4.7

freetype freetype 2.4.8

freetype freetype 2.0.1

freetype freetype 2.0.2

freetype freetype 2.1

freetype freetype 2.1.10

freetype freetype 2.1.8

freetype freetype 2.3.11

freetype freetype 2.3.12

freetype freetype 2.3.9

freetype freetype 2.4.0

freetype freetype 2.4.5

freetype freetype 2.4.6

freetype freetype 1.3.1

freetype freetype 2.0.0

freetype freetype 2.0.8

freetype freetype 2.0.9

freetype freetype 2.1.7

freetype freetype 2.3.1

freetype freetype 2.3.10

freetype freetype 2.3.7

freetype freetype 2.3.8

freetype freetype 2.4.3

freetype freetype 2.4.4

freetype freetype 2.1.6

freetype freetype 2.2.1

freetype freetype 2.3.0

freetype freetype 2.3.5

freetype freetype 2.3.6

freetype freetype 2.4.11

freetype freetype 2.4.2

freetype freetype 2.4.9

Vendor Advisories

FreeType could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted font file ...
Debian Bug report logs - #777656 freetype: various new security issues Package: src:freetype; Maintainer for src:freetype is Hugh McMaster <hughmcmaster@outlookcom>; Reported by: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@debianorg> Date: Wed, 11 Feb 2015 06:54:07 UTC Severity: grave Tags: fixed-upstream, security, upstream Fo ...
Debian Bug report logs - #741299 freetype: CVE-2014-2240, CVE-2014-2241: stack OOB read/write, DoS Package: src:freetype; Maintainer for src:freetype is Hugh McMaster <hughmcmaster@outlookcom>; Reported by: Raphael Geissert <geissert@debianorg> Date: Mon, 10 Mar 2014 22:21:01 UTC Severity: grave Tags: patch, secur ...