CVE-2014-9660

FreeType <2.5.4 - DoS

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (14)

Core 14
Core References
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
Broken Link vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0465
EPSS Percentile 89.5%

Details

CWE
CWE-476
Status published
Products (24)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 15.04
debian/debian_linux 7.0
fedoraproject/fedora 20
fedoraproject/fedora 21
freetype/freetype < 2.5.3
opensuse/opensuse 13.1
... and 14 more
Published Feb 08, 2015
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026