Description
cff/cf2ft.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not validate the return values of point-allocation functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OTF font.
References (10)
Core 10
Core References
Patch x_refsource_confirm
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=5f201ab5c24cb69bc96b724fd66e739928d6c5e2
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
Exploit x_refsource_misc
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=185
Mailing List 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
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
Scores
EPSS
0.0393
EPSS Percentile
88.5%
Details
CWE
CWE-119
Status
published
Products (11)
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 1 more
Published
Feb 08, 2015
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026