CVE-2014-9668

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2014-11-24
CWE:
CWE-190->CWE-122
Bugzilla:
1191091: CVE-2014-9668 freetype: integer overflow in woff_open_font() leading to heap-based buffer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The woff_open_font function in sfnt/sfobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with offset+length calculations without restricting length values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Web Open Font Format (WOFF) file.

Find out more about CVE-2014-9668 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of freetype as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 freetype Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 freetype Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 freetype Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 freetype Not affected
RHEV Manager 3 mingw-virt-viewer Not affected

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