CVE-2014-9672

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2015-02-08 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Array index error in the parse_fond function in base/ftmac.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted FOND resource in a Mac font file.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 12.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04
Debian Linux: 7.0
FreeType: through 2.5.3
Opensuse: 13.1, 13.2
Oracle Corporation Solaris Operating System: 10.0, 11.2

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=155
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=18a8f0d9943369449bc4de92d411c78fb08d616c
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134395/FreeType-2.5.3-Mac-FOND-Resource-Parsing-Out-Of-Bounds-Read-From-Stack.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

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