UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9745

The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a "broken number-with-base" in a Postscript stream, as demonstrated by 8#garbage.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / freetype

Package

Name: freetype
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype@2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5

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

2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9745.json"