CVE-2014-9658

NameCVE-2014-9658
DescriptionThe tt_face_load_kern function in sfnt/ttkern.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 enforces an incorrect minimum table length, 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-185-1, DSA-3188-1
Debian Bugs777656

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
freetype (PTS)bullseye2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.12.1+dfsg-5+deb12u3fixed
sid, trixie2.13.3+dfsg-1fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
freetypesourcesqueeze2.4.2-2.1+squeeze5DLA-185-1
freetypesourcewheezy2.4.9-1.1+deb7u1DSA-3188-1
freetypesource(unstable)2.5.2-3777656

Notes

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=194
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f70d9342e65cd2cb44e9f26b6d7edeedf191fc6c

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