CVE - CVE-2014-9666

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-9666	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The tt_sbit_decoder_init function in sfnt/ttsbit.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with a count-to-size association without restricting the count value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted embedded bitmap.
References
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BID:72986 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 CONFIRM:http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html CONFIRM:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=257c270bd25e15890190a28a1456e7623bba4439 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~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=167 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
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20150207	Disclaimer: The record 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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