PT-2015-4332
CVE-2014-9659
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Published
2014-12-07
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 2.0
7.5
HighMetricsAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
FreeType versions prior to 2.5.4
Description
The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service due to a stack-based buffer overflow. This occurs because the CFF CharString interpreter in FreeType proceeds with additional hints after the hint mask has been computed when processing a crafted OpenType font.
Recommendations
For versions prior to 2.5.4, update to version 2.5.4 or later to resolve the issue.
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