CVE-2014-9747 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The t42_parse_encoding function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly update the current position for immediates-only mode, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a Type42 font.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Debian	Debian Linux
Freetype	Freetype

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/src/type42/t42parse.c?id=8b281f83e8516535756f92dbf90940ac44bd45e1
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/25/4
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9747
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41309
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9747

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: canonical

Published: 2016-06-07T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:55:04.545Z

Reserved: 2015-09-25T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9747

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-06-07T14:06:03.073

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-9747

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-01-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9747 - Bugzilla

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