CVE-2014-9659

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory 201503-05

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

cff/cf2intrp.c in the CFF CharString interpreter in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with additional hints after the hint mask has been computed, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted OpenType font. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2240.

cff/cf2intrp.c en el interprete CFF CharString en FreeType anterior a 2.5.4 proceda con indicios (hints) adicionales después de que la mascara de indicios (hints) haya sido computado, lo que permite a atacantes remotos ejecutar código arbitrario o causar una denegación de servicio (desbordamiento de buffere basado en pila) a través de una fuente OpenType manipulada. NOTA: esta vulnerabilidad existe debido a una solución incompleta para CVE-2014-2240.

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

Required

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2015-02-07 CVE Reserved
2015-02-08 CVE Published
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
2024-08-06 First Exploit
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html	Third Party Advisory

URL	Date	SRC
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=190	2024-08-06

URL	Date	SRC
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2cdc4562f873237f1c77d43540537c7a721d3fd8	2018-10-30

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html	2018-10-30
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html	2018-10-30
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1	2018-10-30
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1	2018-10-30
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05	2018-10-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Solaris Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris"				10.0 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris" and version "10.0"		-		Affected
Oracle Search vendor "Oracle"		Solaris Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris"				11.2 Search vendor "Oracle" for product "Solaris" and version "11.2"		-		Affected
Freetype Search vendor "Freetype"		Freetype Search vendor "Freetype" for product "Freetype"				<= 2.5.3 Search vendor "Freetype" for product "Freetype" and version " <= 2.5.3"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				20 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "20"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				21 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "21"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				10.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "10.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		lts		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.10"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				15.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "15.04"		-		Affected