UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9746

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-9746
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9746.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9746
Related
Published
2016-06-07T14:06:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:08Z
Severity
  • 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

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype@2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.12-0ubuntu1
2.5.0.1-0ubuntu2
2.5.1-1ubuntu1
2.5.1-1ubuntu2
2.5.1-2ubuntu1
2.5.2-1ubuntu1
2.5.2-1ubuntu2
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.1
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.2
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.3
2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6-udeb",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6-udeb-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5"
        }
    ]
}