CVE-2014-9668

high

Description

The woff_open_font function in sfnt/sfobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with offset+length calculations without restricting length 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 Web Open Font Format (WOFF) file.

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f46add13895337ece929b18bb8f036431b3fb538

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2015-02-08

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High