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CVE-2014-9657 Details

Description

The tt_face_load_hdmx function in truetype/ttpload.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not establish a minimum record size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TrueType font.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=195 CVEExploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=eca0f067068020870a429fe91f6329e499390d55 CVEPatchVendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html CVEThird Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html CVEThird Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-9657
NVD Published Date:
Feb 8, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2014-9657 Details - Not Deferred