| Name | CVE-2014-9662 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 777656 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
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 | (not affected) | | | |
| freetype | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| freetype | source | (unstable) | 2.5.2-3 | | | 777656 |
Notes
[wheezy] - freetype <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
[squeeze] - freetype <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=185
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=5f201ab5c24cb69bc96b724fd66e739928d6c5e2