CVE-2014-9745
N/A
Published: September 14, 2015 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:18 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsDebian LinuxUbuntu LinuxopenSUSE
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 4%
Description
The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a "broken number-with-base" in a Postscript stream, as demonstrated by 8#garbage.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (9)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00017.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370x_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1492124Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-399
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