UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9660

The bdfparse_glyphs function in bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly handle a missing ENDCHAR record, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted BDF font.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / freetype

Package

Name: freetype
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype@2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4

Affected versions

2.*

2.4.12-0ubuntu1

2.5.0.1-0ubuntu2

2.5.1-1ubuntu1

2.5.1-1ubuntu2

2.5.1-2ubuntu1

2.5.2-1ubuntu1

2.5.2-1ubuntu2

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.1

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.2

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4"
        }
    ]
}