CVE-2014-9671

Public on 2015-02-08
Modified on 2015-04-01
Description
Off-by-one error in the pcf_get_properties function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via a crafted PCF file with a 0xffffffff size value that is improperly incremented.
Severity
Low severity
Low
See what this means
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 freetype 2015-04-01 ALAS-2015-502 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
NVD CVSSv2 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-9671 Mitre: CVE-2014-9671