CVE-2014-9746
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9746
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-9746.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-9746
- Downstream
- Published
- 2016-06-07T14:06:01Z
- Modified
- 2025-08-09T20:01:27Z
- Severity
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- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The (1) t1parsefontmatrix function in type1/t1load.c, (2) cidparsefontmatrix function in cid/cidload.c, (3) t42parsefontmatrix function in type42/t42parse.c, and (4) psparserloadfield function in psaux/psobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 do not check return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted font.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8b281f83e8516535756f92dbf90940ac44bd45e1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/25/4
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41309