{"id":"CVE-2014-9665","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2014-9665","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:50:45.243Z","title":"The Load_SBit_Png function in sfnt/pngshim.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not restrict the rows and pitch values of PNG data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have…","description":"The Load_SBit_Png function in sfnt/pngshim.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not restrict the rows and pitch values of PNG data, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact by embedding a PNG file in a .ttf font file.","published":"2015-02-08T11:59:27.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:18:45.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.5,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["fedoraproject/fedora","canonical/ubuntu linux","freetype/freetype","opensuse/opensuse"],"epss":{"score":0.04892,"percentile":0.92024,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.89%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=168","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=54abd22891bd51ef8b533b24df53b3019b5cee81","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=b3500af717010137046ec4076d1e1c0641e33727","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=168","tags":["Exploit"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=54abd22891bd51ef8b533b24df53b3019b5cee81","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=b3500af717010137046ec4076d1e1c0641e33727","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9665","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}