high
7.5
CWE
416
Advisory Published
Updated

CVE-2014-9661: Use After Free

First published: Sun Feb 08 2015(Updated: )

type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font.

Credit: cve@mitre.org

Affected SoftwareAffected VersionHow to fix
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=10.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=12.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.04
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=14.10
Canonical Ubuntu Linux=15.04
Debian Debian Linux=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node=6
Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus=7.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server=7.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus=6.6.z
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus=7.1
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=6.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation=7.0
Freetype Freetype<=2.5.3
openSUSE openSUSE=13.1
openSUSE openSUSE=13.2
Fedoraproject Fedora=20
Fedoraproject Fedora=21

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