VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2014-9673

medium
Published 2015-02-08 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Integer signedness error in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Mac 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-2014-9673

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
redhat rhel6.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu14.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu15.04affected
debian debian7.0affected
suse suse13.1affected
suse suse13.2affected

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
freetypefreetype{"endIncluding":"2.5.3"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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