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CVE-2014-2240
Stack-based buffer overflow in the cf2_hintmap_build function in cff/cf2hints.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause…
High7.5EPSS 7.0%
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- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the cf2_hintmap_build function in cff/cf2hints.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of stem hints in a font file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 7.0% · top 5.8% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (8)
- 57291 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 1029895 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- USN-2148-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- 57447 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.freetype.org/index.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41697 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.5.3 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 66074 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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