CVE - CVE-2014-9663

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-9663	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The tt_cmap4_validate function in sfnt/ttcmap.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 validates a certain length field before that field's value is completely calculated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted cmap SFNT table.
References
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MISC:http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=184 CONFIRM:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9bd20b7304aae61de5d50ac359cf27132bafd4c1 CONFIRM:http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html DEBIAN:DSA-3188 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-2216 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-2237 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html GENTOO:GLSA-201503-05 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2015:055 URL:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 REDHAT:RHSA-2015:0696 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:0627 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html UBUNTU:USN-2510-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 UBUNTU:USN-2739-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 BID:72986 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
Assigning CNA
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Date Entry Created
20150207	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150207)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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