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CVE-2014-9675
Published:February 08, 2015
Updated:May 17, 2026
bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font.
Related Resources (17)
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2c4832d30939b45c05757f0a05128ce64c4cacc7
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=151
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9675
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9675
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
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CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
CVSS v2
Base Score:
5
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
EPSS
Base Score:
1.41