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CVE-2014-9675 json

bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote…

published 2015-02-08 11 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2014-9485

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
4.2%
EPSS 4.2% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • freetype Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.5.2-3

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9675

  • freetype Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9675

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • freetype RHEL 6 2.3.11-15.el6_6.1
  • freetype RHEL 7 2.4.11-10.el7_1.1
  • freetype RHEL 7 2.4.11-10.ael7b_1.1
  • freetype-demos RHEL 6 2.3.11-15.el6_6.1
  • freetype-demos RHEL 7 2.4.11-10.el7_1.1
  • freetype-demos RHEL 7 2.4.11-10.ael7b_1.1

red hat advisories RHSA-2015:0696

  • freetype2 SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 +1 more 2.5.3-5.1
  • ft2demos SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12, SLED 12 2.5.3-5.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2015:0455-1

  • ft2demos openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.7-1.1
  • freetype2 openSUSE Tumbleweed 2.7-1.1

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10172-1openSUSE-SU-2024:10438-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2014-9675 updated cvss 4.3

freetype: information leak in _bdf_add_property()

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 freetype Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 freetype
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 mingw-virt-viewer, mingw32-virt-viewer, mingw64-virt-viewer
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) freetype 2.4.11-10.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) freetype-demos 2.4.11-10.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) freetype 2.4.11-10.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) freetype-demos 2.4.11-10.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) freetype 2.3.11-15.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) freetype-demos 2.3.11-15.el6_6.1
    +10 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6) freetype 2.3.11-15.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) freetype-demos 2.3.11-15.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) freetype 2.3.11-15.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) freetype 2.4.11-10.el7_1.1, freetype 2.4.11-10.ael7b_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) freetype-demos 2.3.11-15.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) freetype-demos 2.4.11-10.el7_1.1, freetype-demos 2.4.11-10.ael7b_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) freetype 2.3.11-15.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) freetype 2.4.11-10.el7_1.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) freetype-demos 2.3.11-15.el6_6.1 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) freetype-demos 2.4.11-10.el7_1.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:0696

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Exploit prediction

4.16% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • code.google.com http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=151 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

Sources

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