CVE-2014-9669

Public Exploit

Description

Multiple integer overflows in sfnt/ttcmap.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted cmap SFNT table.

Category

6.8
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 1.78% 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:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=602040b1112c9f94d68e200be59ea7ac3d104565 patch vendor advisory
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=163 exploit
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://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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9669?
CVE-2014-9669 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9669?
To fix CVE-2014-9669, 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-2014-9669 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-9669 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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