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CVE-2014-96642

FreeType before 2.5.4 does not check for the end of the data during certain parsing actions, which allows remote attacke

FreeType before 2.5.4 does not check for the end of the data during certain parsing actions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font, related to type42/t42parse.c and type1/t1load.c.

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8 EPSS 0.04266

EPSS exploitation odds4.27% · top 9%

Schedule remediation

EPSS percentile: top 10% of all CVEs by exploitation likelihood
Public exploit or PoC is available

No Sigma yet — build one → YARA rules0

Look this up elsewhere - one-click external pivots

NVD CVE.org CISA Exploit-DB GitHub PoC VulnCheck KEV GreyNoise

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This page is every public fact about CVE-2014-9664, cross-linked. Its job is to answer one question fast - does this need my attention now? - and then hand you the two things you do about it. Here is how an analyst reads it.

Triage: should I act now? Four signals, and they are not interchangeable:

CVSSseverity - how bad it is IF exploited, 0-10. A high CVSS alone is not urgency; a flaw can be a perfect 10 and never actually be attacked. EPSSprobability - a model’s estimate of the chance it is exploited in the next 30 days, 0-1. This is the “will it actually happen” signal. CISA KEVconfirmed - it is being exploited in the wild right now. The strongest signal on the page; KEV beats any score. Weaponisedavailability - public exploits / PoCs, and especially Metasploit modules rated Excellent / Great. Reliable, packaged exploit code means low-skill attackers can use it today.

How they combine: KEV, or a dependable Metasploit module, means patch now regardless of CVSS. High CVSS + low EPSS + no exploit is real but not an emergency - schedule it. Low CVSS but KEV-listed still gets patched now. The verdict above already weighed these for you; this is how it got there.

Then what - two workflows:

Detectwhen you cannot patch today, follow this CVE to the ATT&CK techniques it enables, then Build a SIEM detection (the green button) - author a rule, test it in Atomic, deploy it. That buys visibility while the patch waits. PatchAffected products / packages tell you if you are exposed; Fixed versions by distribution and Vendor advisories give the exact version that closes it.

Reading order for the panels below: verdict + badges, then Public exploits / Metasploit (is it weaponised), then ATT&CK techniques + Sigma / IDS rules (can I detect it), then Affected products / packages + Fixed versions (am I exposed, what patches it), then Threat actors / IOCs (who uses it), then Scoring & timeline / references (the evidence).

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Exploitation evidence

1 of 7 sources

Corroboration score 8/100 · emerging. This counts how many independent sources have exploitation evidence, and separates two different things: confirmed in-the-wild use (CISA KEV, Microsoft MSRC, ransomware activity) from exploit / PoC availability (Metasploit, ExploitDB, Nuclei, public PoCs). A template or PoC existing means an attack is possible and easy - it is not, on its own, proof the CVE is being exploited in the wild.

Exploit / PoC available

public PoC

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Exploitation momentum

1237 days of EPSS

dormant

Flat and low - no real exploitation pressure. This reads the direction and speed of EPSS over time, which can move before EPSS itself peaks or before CISA lists it.

Window

EPSS 0.013 → 0.043 peak 0.044 velocity +0.000

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Severity & exploitation scoring

CVSS base score

6.8

MEDIUMCVSS v3.1 · [email protected]

EPSS exploitation probability

4.27%

Top 9%odds of exploitation in the next 30 days

CVSS metric silhouette

No structured CVSS vector for this CVE. Older entries often have only a numeric base score - the metric breakdown radar requires a full AV:_/AC:_/... vector string published by NVD.

SSVC triage

No SSVC vulnrichment for this CVE. CISA's Vulnrichment program scores newer CVEs (~2024 onwards) plus selected older critical ones. Use the EPSS probability + KEV status to triage instead.

Lifecycle

08 Feb 2015Published to NVD
17 Jun 2026Last modified

Every entry is a recorded date - NVD publish/modify, CISA KEV add, public exploit disclosure. No inferred events.

Attack path

Full kill chain

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Public Exploits & PoCs

These PoC and exploit links come from public sources and are not verified to be safe or functional. Review the code before running anything, and treat unverified entries as untrusted. Signed-in users mark whether it works, rate 1-10, and can report malware with a required reason that becomes a public comment.

poc Public PoC (nvd-reference)↗ date unknown

Works? no reports yet

Rating -

poc code.google.com · detail?id=183↗ code.google.com

Works? no reports yet

Rating -

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ATT&CK techniques

Techniques this CVE enables. Pills with a solid outline are high confidence - named directly in ATT&CK or Nuclei, or human-curated by CTID; the rest are inferred from the weakness type using MITRE's CVE Mapping Methodology and the CWE → CAPEC chain. Broad, generic-weakness guesses are filtered out. A small N× marks a technique that N independent sources agree on.

T1499 · Endpoint Denial of Service

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CAPEC attack patterns

Attack patterns this CVE enables - the bridge from weakness to ATT&CK technique.

CAPEC-CAPEC-10 · Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables CAPEC-CAPEC-100 · Overflow Buffers CAPEC-CAPEC-123 · Buffer Manipulation CAPEC-CAPEC-14 · Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow CAPEC-CAPEC-24 · Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow CAPEC-CAPEC-42 · MIME Conversion CAPEC-CAPEC-44 · Overflow Binary Resource File CAPEC-CAPEC-45 · Buffer Overflow via Symbolic Links CAPEC-CAPEC-46 · Overflow Variables and Tags CAPEC-CAPEC-47 · Buffer Overflow via Parameter Expansion CAPEC-CAPEC-8 · Buffer Overflow in an API Call CAPEC-CAPEC-9 · Buffer Overflow in Local Command-Line Utilities

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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

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Affected Products & Versions

redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux hpc nodeall versions
redhat enterprise linux hpc node eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
redhat enterprise linux server eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux workstationall versions
debian linuxall versions
opensuseall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
freetype<= 2.5.3
oracle solarisall versions

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Related CVEs

CVEs linked to this one by a shared weakness (CWE) or affected product - joins on data already in the engine, with the reason shown per row.

CVE-1999-0027 root privileges via buffer overflow in eject command on SGI IRIX systems. 3 same CWE-119 CVE-1999-0069 Solaris ufsrestore buffer overflow. 2 same CWE-119 HIGH CVE-1999-0002 Buffer overflow in NFS mountd gives root access to remote attackers, mostly in L... 1 same CWE-119 CVE-1999-0332 Buffer overflow in NetMeeting allows denial of service and remote command execut... same CWE-119 CVE-2006-0747 Integer underflow in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a deni... 1 same product CVE-2006-2661 ftutil.c in Freetype before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of ser... 1 same product CVE-2006-3467 Integer overflow in FreeType before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denia... same product CVE-2007-2754 Integer signedness error in truetype/ttgload.c in Freetype 2.3.4 and earlier mig... same product

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Fixed versions by distribution

The package version that resolves this CVE on each Linux distribution, from the vendor’s published security data. fixed in shows a patched version exists; open means the package is listed as affected with no fix yet.

oracle allfreetype fixed in 0:2.3.11-15.el6_6.1
oracle allfreetype-demos open
oracle allfreetype-devel open
suse sle15freetype2-devel fixed in 0:2.10.1-4.8.1
suse sle15ftdump fixed in 0:2.10.1-4.8.1
suse sle15libfreetype6 fixed in 0:2.10.1-4.3.1
suse sle15libfreetype6-32bit fixed in 0:2.10.4-150000.4.22.1

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10172-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10438-1
suse-csafrhsa-2015_0696
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0455-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0463-1
usnUSN-2510-1
rhsaRHSA-2015:0696Important