CVE-2014-9671

medium

Published 2015-02-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

Off-by-one error in the pcf_get_properties function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PCF file with a 0xffffffff size value that is improperly incremented.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.5.2-3`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.5.2-3`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.5.2-3`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.5.2-3`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.5.2-3`
rhel	6.0	affected
rhel	7.0	affected
ubuntu	10.04	affected
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	14.10	affected
ubuntu	15.04	affected
debian	7.0	affected
suse	13.1	affected
suse	13.2	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
freetype	freetype	`{"endIncluding":"2.5.3"}`

References

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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