| Name | CVE-2014-9745 |
| Description | The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a "broken number-with-base" in a Postscript stream, as demonstrated by 8#garbage. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-319-1, DSA-3370-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 798620 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| freetype (PTS) | buster | 2.9.1-3+deb10u3 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 2.9.1-3+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| bullseye | 2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1 | fixed | |
| bookworm, sid | 2.12.1+dfsg-4 | 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+squeeze6 | DLA-319-1 | ||
| freetype | source | wheezy | 2.4.9-1.1+deb7u2 | DSA-3370-1 | ||
| freetype | source | jessie | 2.5.2-3+deb8u1 | DSA-3370-1 | ||
| freetype | source | (unstable) | 2.6-1 | 798620 |
https://launchpad.net/bugs/1492124
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-2739-1/
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41590
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=df14e6c0b9592cbb24d5381dfc6106b14f915e75 (VER-2-5-3)
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/4