7.5
HIGH
CVE-2014-9668
FreeType WOFF Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

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

Last Modified :

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

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

6.4

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2014-9668 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 Canonical ubuntu_linux
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Opensuse opensuse
1 Freetype freetype

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2014-9668 vulnerability over time.

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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]

    Jun. 30, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 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:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:novell:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 3 OR *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *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:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* Configuration 4 OR *cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
  • 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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
  • 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:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 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:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
  • 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=164 No Types Assigned http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=164 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.

4.34 }} 0.65%

score

0.92378

percentile

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