CVE-2014-9675

Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9675
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2014-9675.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2014-9675
Related
Published
2015-02-08T11:59:36Z
Modified
2025-04-12T10:46:40Z
Downstream
Summary
[none]
Details

bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/freetype?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.2-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/freetype?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.2-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / freetype

Package

Name
freetype
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/freetype?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.5.2-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}