CVE-2014-9658

Public Exploit

Description

The tt_face_load_kern function in sfnt/ttkern.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 enforces an incorrect minimum table length, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TrueType font.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.90% Top 20%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory gnu.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 vdb entry
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html third party advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=194 exploit
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 vendor advisory broken link
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f70d9342e65cd2cb44e9f26b6d7edeedf191fc6c patch vendor advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9658?
CVE-2014-9658 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9658?
To fix CVE-2014-9658, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-9658 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-9658 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~2% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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