CVE-2014-9668

Published: Feb 8, 2015Modified: May 6, 2026

7.5

Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

Description

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.

Affected (10)

Products: Opensuse: Opensuse · Fedoraproject: Fedora · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · +1 more

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Opensuse: Opensuse · Fedoraproject: Fedora · Canonical: Ubuntu Linux · Freetype: Freetype

1 product

1 product

1 product

1 product

Configuration A

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.1
Opensuse Opensuse	Version 13.2

Configuration B

2 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 20
Fedoraproject Fedora	Version 21

Configuration C

5 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 10.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 14.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux	Version 15.04

Configuration D

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Freetype Freetype	Up to 2.5.3

Related CWEs

Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

References (18)

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=164

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f46add13895337ece929b18bb8f036431b3fb538

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=164

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Exploit

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f46add13895337ece929b18bb8f036431b3fb538

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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