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CVE-2014-9661
type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows…
High7.5EPSS 4.4%
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- mitre
Description
type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font.
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)
- 4.4% · top 8.7% of all CVEs (4 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
- n/a
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (16)
- DSA-3188 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201503-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 72986 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-2739-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0627 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2015:0696 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-2216 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- MDVSA-2015:055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-2510-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134396/FreeType-2.5.3-Type42-Parsing-Use-After-Free.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2015-2237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- 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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