CVE-2014-9675

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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,

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.

MEDIUM · CVSS 5 EPSS 0.0141

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Affected Products & Versions

canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
freetype<= 2.5.3
debian linuxall versions
fedoraproject fedoraall versions
redhat enterprise linux desktopall versions
redhat enterprise linux hpc nodeall versions
redhat enterprise linux hpc node eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux serverall versions
Show all 11 affected productsredhat enterprise linux server eusall versions
redhat enterprise linux workstationall versions
opensuseall versions

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Public Exploits & PoCs

poccode.google.com · detail?id=151code.google.com

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MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org

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v2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Published to NVD08 Feb 2015 · 11:59 AM

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Vendor Advisories

suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10172-1
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10438-1
android-securityANDROID-2016-11-01High
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0455-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0463-1
Show all 7 vendor advisoriesusnUSN-2510-1
rhsaRHSA-2015:0696Important

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References & Sources

Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2c4832d30939b45c05757f0a05128ce64c4cacc7Issue Tracking

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.htmlThird Party Advisory

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http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188Third Party Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055Third Party Advisory

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlThird Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1Third Party Advisory

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1Third Party Advisory

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05

https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html

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