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Status published
Medium
CVE-2014-9671
Off-by-one error in the pcf_get_properties function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType...
Vulnerability Description
Off-by-one error in the pcf_get_properties function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PCF file with a 0xffffffff size value that is improperly incremented.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=0e2f5d518c60e2978f26400d110eff178fa7e3c3
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=157
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View all reports →Affected Software
enterprise linux desktop, enterprise linux hpc node, enterprise linux hpc node eus, enterprise linux server, enterprise linux server eus, enterprise linux workstation, debian linux, ubuntu linux, solaris, opensuse, freetype
Vulnerable Versions:
6.0, 7.0, 6, 7.1, 6.6.z, 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04, 10.0, 11.2, 13.1, 13.2, 0
Timeline
Official Publish:
February 8th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.