7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2014-9665

Published: 08/02/2015 Updated: 30/10/2018
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

The Load_SBit_Png function in sfnt/pngshim.c in FreeType prior to 2.5.4 does not restrict the rows and pitch values of PNG data, which allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by embedding a PNG file in a .ttf font file.

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fedoraproject fedora 20

fedoraproject fedora 21

canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

canonical ubuntu linux 12.04

canonical ubuntu linux 10.04

canonical ubuntu linux 15.10

canonical ubuntu linux 14.10

freetype freetype

opensuse opensuse 13.2

opensuse opensuse 13.1

Vendor Advisories

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 ...
FreeType could be made to crash or run programs as your login if it opened a specially crafted file ...