| Name | CVE-2014-9661 |
| Description | type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-185-1, DSA-3188-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 777656 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| freetype (PTS) | bullseye | 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 2.12.1+dfsg-5+deb12u3 | fixed | |
| sid, trixie | 2.13.3+dfsg-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| freetype | source | squeeze | 2.4.2-2.1+squeeze5 | DLA-185-1 | ||
| freetype | source | wheezy | 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u1 | DSA-3188-1 | ||
| freetype | source | (unstable) | 2.5.2-3 | 777656 |
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669