Is CVE-2014-9675 being actively exploited?

CVE-2014-9675 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-9675?

CVE-2014-9675 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2014-9675

MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 4.2%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score: 5.0 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 4.2% (91th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2014-9485)
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-2014-9485 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
fedoraproject / fedora
fedoraproject / fedora
freetype / freetype
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux desktop
redhat / enterprise linux hpc node
redhat / enterprise linux hpc node
redhat / enterprise linux hpc node eus
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server
redhat / enterprise linux server eus
redhat / enterprise linux server eus
redhat / enterprise linux workstation
redhat / enterprise linux workstation

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=151(Exploit)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2c4832d30939b45c05757f0a05128ce64c4cacc7(Issue Tracking)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055(Third Party Advisory)
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
https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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