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CVE-2014-9674 Detail

Description

The Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with adding to length values without validating the original values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Mac font.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=153 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=240c94a185cd8dae7d03059abec8a5662c35ecd3 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=cd4a5a26e591d01494567df9dec7f72d59551f6e CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3461 CVE, MITRE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-9674
NVD Published Date:
02/08/2015
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
MITRE