6.8
MEDIUM
CVE-2014-9664
FreeType Denial of Service Out-of-Bounds Read
Description

FreeType before 2.5.4 does not check for the end of the data during certain parsing actions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font, related to type42/t42parse.c and type1/t1load.c.

INFO

Published Date :

Feb. 8, 2015, 11:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Oct. 30, 2018, 4:27 p.m.

Source :

[email protected]

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-9664 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat enterprise_linux_desktop
2 Redhat enterprise_linux_server
3 Redhat enterprise_linux_workstation
4 Redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus
5 Redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node
6 Redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus
1 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Debian debian_linux
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Oracle solaris
1 Freetype freetype
: Total Affected Vendor : 7 | Products : 12
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-2014-9664.

URL Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=183 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=73be9f9ab67842cfbec36ee99e8d2301434c84ca Patch Vendor Advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=dd89710f0f643eb0f99a3830e0712d26c7642acd
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 Broken Link
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 Third Party Advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Oct. 30, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Nov. 22, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.6.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 5 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 6 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.6.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 5 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 6 OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 7 OR *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:oracle:solaris:11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed Reference Type http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=183 Exploit http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=183 Vendor Advisory, Exploit, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html No Types Assigned http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=73be9f9ab67842cfbec36ee99e8d2301434c84ca No Types Assigned http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=73be9f9ab67842cfbec36ee99e8d2301434c84ca Vendor Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html No Types Assigned http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html No Types Assigned http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 No Types Assigned http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 No Types Assigned http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html No Types Assigned http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html No Types Assigned http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 No Types Assigned http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 Broken Link
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Oct. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jun. 30, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR 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:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:6.6.z:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 5 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 6 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 16, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 03, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 24, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html
    Added Reference http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
    Added Reference http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 23, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 AND OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) OR 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:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Changed CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Feb. 27, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Changed Reference Type http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=183 No Types Assigned http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=183 Exploit
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Feb. 09, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.56 }} 0.23%

score

0.87266

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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