CVE-2014-9668

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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2015-02-08

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Ubuntu Linux (Canonical)
• Fedora (Fedoraproject)
• Freetype (Freetype)
• Opensuse (Opensuse)

References

• http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=164
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f46add13895337ece929b18bb8f036431b3fb538
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05