CVE-2014-9672
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.8EPSS 4.7%EU EUVD
Array index error in the parse_fond function in base/ftmac.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted FOND resource in a Mac font file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 4.7% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-9482)
- Published
- February 8, 2015
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-9482 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- debian / debian linux
- freetype / freetype
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- oracle / solaris
- oracle / solaris
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=155(Exploit)
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=18a8f0d9943369449bc4de92d411c78fb08d616c(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134395/FreeType-2.5.3-Mac-FOND-Resource-Parsing-Out-Of-Bounds-Read-From-Stack.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055(Broken Link)
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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