CVE-2014-9667

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2014-11-24
CWE:
CWE-190->CWE-125
Bugzilla:
1191090: CVE-2014-9667 freetype: integer overflow in tt_face_load_font_dir() leading to out-of-bounds read

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

sfnt/ttload.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with offset+length calculations without restricting the values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SFNT table.

Find out more about CVE-2014-9667 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (freetype) RHSA-2015:0696 2015-03-17
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (freetype) RHSA-2015:0696 2015-03-17

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 freetype Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 freetype Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 mingw-virt-viewer Will not fix

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