CVE-2014-9674 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2014-9674?

CVE-2014-9674 is a high-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

The Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with adding to length values without validating the original values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Mac font.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-9674?

It affects 11 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Freetype Freetype, Opensuse Opensuse, Oracle Solaris, Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop and 5 more.

How do I fix CVE-2014-9674?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-9674 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-9674 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-2014-9674, DSA-3461-1, GHSA-7xpj-88fg-h2mj, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9674.