Denial of Service (DoS) Affecting freetype package, versions [,2.5.4)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.61% (91st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-FREETYPE-2381023
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed8 Feb 2015
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 8 Feb 2015

CVE-2014-9674  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-400  (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 Denial of Service (DoS). The Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with adding to length values without validating the original values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Mac font.

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