CVE-2014-2241

Medium

Description

The (1) cf2_initLocalRegionBuffer and (2) cf2_initGlobalRegionBuffer functions in cff/cf2ft.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 do not properly check if a subroutine exists, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure), as demonstrated by a crafted ttf file.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductFreetype
PublishedMar 18, 2014
First seenMar 18, 2014

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
freetype freetypev ≤ 2.5.2, 2.5, 2.5.1—
canonical ubuntu_linux13.10—

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