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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-9664

FreeType before 2.5.4 does not check for the end of the data during certain parsing actions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font, related to…

MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 4.27%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (4.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

FreeType before 2.5.4 does not check for the end of the data during certain parsing actions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font, related to type42/t42parse.c and type1/t1load.c.

CVSS 2.0
6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
4.27% probability · 91th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux hpc node · redhat/enterprise linux hpc node eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server eus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation · debian/debian linux · opensuse/opensuse · canonical/ubuntu linux · fedoraproject/fedora · freetype/freetype · oracle/solaris
Source
cve@mitre.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.