CVE-2014-2241

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-20 Input Validation

Publication date:

18/03/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

6.80

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype::::::::		2.5.2 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:::::::*

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CVE-2014-2241

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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