Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package freetype  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1210-FREETYPE-632004
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed18 Mar 2014

Introduced: 18 Mar 2014

CVE-2014-2241  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:12.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype package and not the freetype package as distributed by Ubuntu.

The (1) cf2_initLocalRegionBuffer and (2) cf2_initGlobalRegionBuffer functions in cff/cf2ft.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 do not properly check if a subroutine exists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure), as demonstrated by a crafted ttf file.