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CVSSv2

CVE-2014-9675

Published: 08/02/2015 Updated: 30/10/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 5 | Impact Score: 2.9 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 445
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Vulnerability Summary

bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType prior to 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote malicious users to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font.

Vulnerability Trend

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canonical ubuntu linux 10.04

canonical ubuntu linux 12.04

canonical ubuntu linux 14.04

canonical ubuntu linux 14.10

canonical ubuntu linux 15.04

freetype freetype

debian debian linux 7.0

fedoraproject fedora 21

fedoraproject fedora 20

redhat enterprise linux server eus 7.1

redhat enterprise linux hpc node eus 7.1

redhat enterprise linux hpc node 6.0

redhat enterprise linux desktop 6.0

redhat enterprise linux workstation 7.0

redhat enterprise linux server 7.0

redhat enterprise linux server eus 6.6.z

redhat enterprise linux workstation 6.0

redhat enterprise linux server 6.0

redhat enterprise linux hpc node 7.0

redhat enterprise linux desktop 7.0

opensuse opensuse 13.1

opensuse opensuse 13.2

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 ...
Mateusz Jurczyk discovered multiple vulnerabilities in Freetype Opening malformed fonts may result in denial of service or the execution of arbitrary code For the stable distribution (wheezy), these problems have been fixed in version 249-11+deb7u1 For the upcoming stable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 252- ...
Multiple integer overflow flaws and an integer signedness flaw, leading to heap-based buffer overflows, were found in the way FreeType handled Mac fonts If a specially crafted font file was loaded by an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the us ...