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CVE-2014-9665 Details

Description

The Load_SBit_Png function in sfnt/pngshim.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not restrict the rows and pitch values of PNG data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by embedding a PNG file in a .ttf font file.

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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://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=168 CVEExploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=54abd22891bd51ef8b533b24df53b3019b5cee81 CVE
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=b3500af717010137046ec4076d1e1c0641e33727 CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html CVE

see all 20 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
fedoraproject fedora
20
21

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
10.04
12.04
14.04
14.10
15.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
freetype freetype
<= 2.5.3

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse
13.1
13.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-9665
NVD Published Date:
Feb 8, 2015
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 17, 2026
Source:
[email protected]