CVE-2014-9657

high
Published 2015-02-08 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
7.5
VIR risk
7.5

Description

The tt_face_load_hdmx function in truetype/ttpload.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not establish a minimum record size, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted TrueType font.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9657

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=eca0f067068020870a429fe91f6329e499390d55

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.5.2-3
debian debianbullseyefixed2.5.2-3
debian debianforkyfixed2.5.2-3
debian debiansidfixed2.5.2-3
debian debiantrixiefixed2.5.2-3
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected
debian debian7.0affected
fedora fedora20affected
fedora fedora21affected
redhat rhel6.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
freetypefreetype{"endIncluding":"2.5.3"}

References

CWEs

CWE-125

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.