CVE-2014-9668

high

Published 2015-02-08 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Fedora Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
21	Affected	—
20	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
13.2	Affected	—
13.1	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
15.04	Affected	—
14.10	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—
10.04	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.5.2-3`
sid	Fixed	`2.5.2-3`
forky	Fixed	`2.5.2-3`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.5.2-3`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.5.2-3`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
freetype	freetype	`{"endIncluding":"2.5.3"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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