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CVE-2014-2240

Published: 12 March 2014

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cf2_hintmap_build function in cff/cf2hints.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of stem hints in a font file.

Notes

AuthorNote
seth-arnold
see also CVE-2014-9659

Priority

Medium

Status

Package Release Status
freetype
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
lucid Not vulnerable
(code not present)
precise Not vulnerable
(code not present)
quantal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
saucy
Released (2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1)
upstream
Released (2.5.3)
Patches:
upstream: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=0eae6eb0645264c98812f0095e0f5df4541830e6