CVE-2014-9656

The tt_sbit_decoder_load_image function in sfnt/ttsbit.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OpenType font.

• CWE-119

• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=196Exploit
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f0292bb9920aa1dbfed5f53861e7c7a89b35833aIssue Tracking
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05
• http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=196Exploit
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f0292bb9920aa1dbfed5f53861e7c7a89b35833aIssue Tracking
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055Third Party Advisory
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlThird Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1Third Party Advisory
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1Third Party Advisory
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

Published

Feb 8, 2015

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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