Access Restriction Bypass Affecting freetype package, versions <2.5.2-3


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.43% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-FREETYPE-380047
  • published8 Feb 2015
  • disclosed8 Feb 2015

Introduced: 8 Feb 2015

CVE-2014-9675  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable freetype to version 2.5.2-3 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype package and not the freetype package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

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 ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font.

CVSS Scores

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