CVE-2014-9675
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
02 Description
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
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
- 4.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 90.4% 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
- Low. 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
- 939945531bb4bd1dcbe19c7ba37a6aacc253ae5ece024eb55e7160ad61e6422c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.debian.orgDSA-3188http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
- code.google.comhttp://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=151
- 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
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:0696http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-2216http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:055http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2510-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
- source.android.comhttps://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-2237http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2c4832d30939b45c05757f0a05128ce64c4cacc7
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.