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CVE-2014-9674

Published:February 08, 2015

Updated:May 17, 2026

The Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with adding to length values without validating the original values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Mac font.

Related Resources (17)

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=153

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9674

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=240c94a185cd8dae7d03059abec8a5662c35ecd3

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=cd4a5a26e591d01494567df9dec7f72d59551f6e

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3461

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9674

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CVSS v3

Base Score:

7.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality

LOW

Integrity

LOW

Availability

LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:

7.5

Access Vector

NETWORK

Access Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

EPSS

Base Score:

4.31