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CVE-2014-9675 Details

Description

bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF 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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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=151	CVE	Exploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2c4832d30939b45c05757f0a05128ce64c4cacc7	CVE	Issue Tracking
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05	CVE
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1	CVE	Third Party Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=151	[email protected]	Exploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2c4832d30939b45c05757f0a05128ce64c4cacc7	[email protected]	Issue Tracking
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05	[email protected]
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1	[email protected]	Third Party Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
canonical ubuntu linux	10.04 12.04 14.04 14.10 15.04
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:15.04:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
freetype freetype	<= 2.5.3
CPE cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
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.
redhat enterprise linux desktop	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux hpc node	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux hpc node eus	7.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux server eus	6.6.z 7.1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.6.z:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.1:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
redhat enterprise linux workstation	6.0 7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:::::::* 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

20 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Oct 30, 2018	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 1, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 3, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 22, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 25, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 30, 2016	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Sep 16, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 3, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 24, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 19, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 27, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 27, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 9, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Feb 9, 2015	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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