CVE-2014-9745

Publication date 14 September 2015

Last updated 24 July 2024

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
freetype	15.04 vivid	Fixed 2.5.2-2ubuntu3.1
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 2.4.8-1ubuntu2.3

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Patch details

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
freetype	Upstream: ?id=df1

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-2739-1
FreeType vulnerabilities
10 September 2015

Other references

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9745