CVE-2014-9745

NameCVE-2014-9745
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDLA-319-1, DSA-3370-1
Debian Bugs798620

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
freetype (PTS)buster2.9.1-3+deb10u3fixed
buster (security)2.9.1-3+deb10u2fixed
bullseye2.10.4+dfsg-1+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.12.1+dfsg-5fixed
sid, trixie2.13.2+dfsg-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
freetypesourcesqueeze2.4.2-2.1+squeeze6DLA-319-1
freetypesourcewheezy2.4.9-1.1+deb7u2DSA-3370-1
freetypesourcejessie2.5.2-3+deb8u1DSA-3370-1
freetypesource(unstable)2.6-1798620

Notes

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

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