CVE-2014-9670 Integer overflow in n/a

Medium 4.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted PCF file exploiting integer signedness errors in the FreeType library.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
A user has to click or open something
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2014-9670?

CVE-2014-9670 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 signedness errors in the pcf_get_encodings function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) via a crafted PCF file that specifies negative values for the first column and first row.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9670?

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-2014-9670?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-9670 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9670 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9670, GHSA-vrhc-2m3r-v6qm, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9670.

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