Vulnerability CVE-2014-9746

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2014-9746 (CCN-114235)

Assigned:

2015-09-11

Published:

2015-09-11

Updated:

2018-07-19

Summary:

The (1) t1_parse_font_matrix function in type1/t1load.c, (2) cid_parse_font_matrix function in cid/cidload.c, (3) t42_parse_font_matrix function in type42/t42parse.c, and (4) ps_parser_load_field function in psaux/psobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 do not check return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted font.

CVSS v3 Severity:

9.8 Critical (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
8.5 High (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

7.3 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L)
6.4 Medium (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Low Integrity (I): Low Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.5 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

7.5 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Partial Integrity (I): Partial Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-20

Vulnerability Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2014-9746

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=8b281f83e8516535756f92dbf90940ac44bd45e1

Source: DEBIAN
Type: UNKNOWN
DSA-3370

Source: CCN
Type: FreeType Web site
FreeType

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Fri, 11 Sep 2015 07:27:21 -0400
CVE Request: 2 FreeType issues

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20150911 CVE Request: 2 FreeType issues

Source: MLIST
Type: UNKNOWN
[oss-security] 20150925 Re: CVE Request: 2 FreeType issues

Source: CONFIRM
Type: UNKNOWN
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
freetype-cve20149746-code-exec(114235)

Source: MISC
Type: UNKNOWN
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41309

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2014-9746

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 2.5.3)

Configuration 2:

cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

OR cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:freetype:freetype:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20149746000	V	CVE-2014-9746 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2016-06-07
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20149746000	V	CVE-2014-9746 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - medium.	2016-06-07
oval:org.cisecurity:def:196	P	DSA-3370-1 -- freetype -- security update	2016-02-08

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