CVE-2014-9746

critical

Published 2016-06-07 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

9.8

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.8

Description

The (1) t1_parse_font_matrix function in type1/t1load.c, (2) cid_parse_font_matrix function in cid/cidload.c, (3) t42_parse_font_matrix function in type42/t42parse.c, and (4) ps_parser_load_field function in psaux/psobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 do not check return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted font.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

97%

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

SUSE Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`2.6-1`
sid	Fixed	`2.6-1`
forky	Fixed	`2.6-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`2.6-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`2.6-1`
8.0	Affected	—
7.0	Affected	—

Application impact

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

References

CWEs

CWE-20

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

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