Out-of-Bounds Affecting freetype package, versions [,2.5.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
4.47% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREETYPE-2380974
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Feb 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Feb 2015

CVE-2014-9659  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade freetype to version 2.5.4 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds cff/cf2intrp.c in the CFF CharString interpreter in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with additional hints after the hint mask has been computed, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer overflow) via a crafted OpenType font. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2014-2240.

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