Medium 5.0Published Feb 8, 2015

CVE-2014-9675bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the AS…

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bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font.

CVSS: 5.0 MEDIUM (v2.0, NVD)AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
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
freetype freetype freetype:freetype	through 2.5.3	NVD
debian debian_linux debian:debian_linux	7.0	NVD
fedoraproject fedora fedoraproject:fedora	20; 21	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop	6.0; 7.0	NVD
redhat enterprise_linux_hpc_node redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node	6.0; 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
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References

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html	third-party-advisory
http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=151	exploit
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2c4832d30939b45c05757f0a05128ce64c4cacc7	issue-tracking
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html	third-party-advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html	third-party-advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html	third-party-advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html	third-party-advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188	third-party-advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055	third-party-advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html	third-party-advisory
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