| 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 |
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 | 2.10.4+dfsg-1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 2.11.0+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=154
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=35252ae9aa1dd9343e9f4884e9ddb1fee10ef415