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CVE-2014-2241

The (1) cf2_initLocalRegionBuffer and (2) cf2_initGlobalRegionBuffer functions in cff/cf2ft.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 do not properly check if a subroutine exists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure), as demonstrated by a crafted ttf file.

Published

2014-03-18T17:04:18.140

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.8 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	freetype	freetype	≤ 2.5.2	Yes
Application	freetype	freetype	2.5	Yes
Application	freetype	freetype	2.5.1	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	13.10	Yes

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=135c3faebb96f8f550bd4f318716f2e1e095a969 Exploit, Patch ([email protected])
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41697 ([email protected])
http://secunia.com/advisories/57447 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/12/4 ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2148-1 ([email protected])
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=135c3faebb96f8f550bd4f318716f2e1e095a969 Exploit, Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41697 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://secunia.com/advisories/57447 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/12/4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2148-1 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)