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CVE-2014-9660 Detail

Description

The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly handle a missing ENDCHAR record, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted BDF font.


Evaluator Description

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Metrics

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Hyperlink Resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html Third Party Advisory 
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=188 Exploit 
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=af8346172a7b573715134f7a51e6c5c60fa7f2ab Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-476 NULL Pointer Dereference cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-9660
NVD Published Date:
02/08/2015
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018
Source:
MITRE