CVE-2014-9747

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-06-07 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-399

Description

The t42_parse_encoding function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly update the current position for immediates-only mode, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a Type42 font.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0
FreeType: through 2.5.3

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/src/type42/t42parse.c?id=8b281f83e8516535756f92dbf90940ac44bd45e1
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/25/4
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41309
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/src/type42/t42parse.c?id=8b281f83e8516535756f92dbf90940ac44bd45e1
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/11/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/25/4
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41309

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