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Cent OS: CVE-2014-9670: CESA-2015:0696 (freetype)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-9670: CESA-2015:0696 (freetype)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/08/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

Multiple integer signedness errors in the pcf_get_encodings function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) via a crafted PCF file that specifies negative values for the first column and first row.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-freetype
  • centos-upgrade-freetype-demos
  • centos-upgrade-freetype-devel

References

  • DSA-3188
  • MDVSA-2015:055
  • CVE-2014-9670
  • RHSA-2015:0696
  • USN-2510-1
  • USN-2739-1

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