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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2015-02-08 11:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 13:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-02-07
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6e913de013b03300b451eb8fa75d5dccec79179f5b65be40b637f89dd020b018
05 Affected products
06 References
- code.google.comhttp://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=164
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201503-05https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
- www.securityfocus.com72986http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2739-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0627http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-2216http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2510-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f46add13895337ece929b18bb8f036431b3fb538
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-2237http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- freetype Fixed in 2.5.2-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- freetype Fixed in 2.5.2-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- freetype Fixed in 2.5.2-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- freetype Fixed in 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.