CVE-2014-9657

HIGH 7.5CVE-2014-9657 · Published 08/02/2015 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2014-9657 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability affecting freetype (freetype).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.1%, higher than 92.3% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
freetype freetype	`≤ 2.5.3`	No fix yet

Description

The tt_face_load_hdmx function in truetype/ttpload.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not establish a minimum record size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TrueType font.

References

advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html · Third Party Advisory
code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail · Exploit
git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit · Patch
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html · Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html · Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html · Third Party Advisory
debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 · Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com/security/advisories · Broken Link
oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html

More vulnerabilities in freetype

See all →

Running one of these products? Scan your site to see whether it exposes a vulnerable version.

Scan my site free