CVE-2014-9745

medium

Published 2015-09-14 · 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

5.0

Description

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.

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
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.6-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.6-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.6-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.6-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.6-1`
ubuntu	12.04	affected
ubuntu	14.04	affected
ubuntu	15.04	affected
debian	7.0	affected
debian	8.0	affected
suse	13.1	affected

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
freetype	freetype	`{"endIncluding":"2.5.2"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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

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