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CVE-2014-9745

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Date: September 14, 2015

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.

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Related Resources (13)

https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=459050
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1492124
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-9745
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=df14e6c0b9592cbb24d5381dfc6106b14f915e75
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76727
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9745
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?41590
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9745
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033536
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00017.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2014-9745

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Resource Management Errors

CWE-399

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): PARTIAL
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