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CVE-2014-9664

MEDIUMEPSS 90th pctl
6.8
CVSS v2
NVD

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.

How to fix

Remediation Available
freetypeDebian
Fixed in:2.5.2-3CVE-2014-9664
Fixed in:2.5.2-3CVE-2014-9664
Fixed in:2.5.2-3CVE-2014-9664
Fixed in:2.5.2-3CVE-2014-9664
freetypeUbuntu
Fixed in:2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4USN-2510-1
libfreetype6Ubuntu
Fixed in:2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4USN-2510-1

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

4.27%probability of exploitation in 30 days
90thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 90% of all known CVEs.

References

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