CVE-2014-9675

Public Exploit

Description

bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.33% 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
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
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=151 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 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2c4832d30939b45c05757f0a05128ce64c4cacc7 issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-9675?
CVE-2014-9675 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-9675?
To fix CVE-2014-9675, 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-2014-9675 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2014-9675 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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