CVE-2014-9669 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9669?

CVE-2014-9669 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 8 Feb 2015. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Multiple integer overflows in sfnt/ttcmap.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read or memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted cmap SFNT table.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9669?

It affects 12 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Freetype Freetype, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9669?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-9669 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9669 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9669, GHSA-3r3m-gpwg-qcg3, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9669.