CVE-2014-9673

Name	CVE-2014-9673
Description	Integer signedness error in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Mac font.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-185-1, DSA-3188-1
NVD severity	medium
Debian Bugs	777656

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
freetype (PTS)	stretch	2.6.3-3.2+deb9u1	fixed
	stretch (security)	2.6.3-3.2+deb9u2	fixed
	buster, buster (security)	2.9.1-3+deb10u2	fixed
	bullseye, sid	2.10.4+dfsg-1	fixed

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

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	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

Notes

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=154
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=35252ae9aa1dd9343e9f4884e9ddb1fee10ef415