NULL Pointer Dereference Affecting mingw32-virt-viewer package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.06% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-MINGW32VIRTVIEWER-22271643
  • published7 Nov 2026
  • disclosed24 Nov 2014

Introduced: 24 Nov 2014

CVE-2014-9660  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 mingw32-virt-viewer.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mingw32-virt-viewer package and not the mingw32-virt-viewer package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

The _bdf_parse_glyphs function in bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly handle a missing ENDCHAR record, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted BDF font.

CVSS Base Scores

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