High 7.5Published Feb 8, 2015

CVE-2014-9661type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) o…

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type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font.

CVSS: 7.5 HIGH (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): Not given
Known exploited: Not in CISA's KEV catalog
EPSS (exploitation in the next 30 days): Not loaded for this CVE
Assigned by: Not given
NVD analysis: Modified
Record last updated: Jun 16, 2026
First seen by InfoSec Signals: Nov 1, 2026

Affected products

Affected products

canonical ubuntu_linux canonical:ubuntu_linux	10.04; 12.04; 14.04; 14.10; 15.04	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	7.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0; 7.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node	6; 7.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus	7.1	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_server redhat:enterprise_linux_server	6.0; 7.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_server_eus redhat:enterprise_linux_server_eus	6.6.z; 7.1	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation	6.0; 7.0	NVD
freetype freetype freetype:freetype	through 2.5.3	NVD
opensuse opensuse opensuse:opensuse	13.1; 13.2	NVD
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References

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187	exploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134396/FreeType-2.5.3-Type42-Parsing-Use-After-Free.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188
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