vulnerability

Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2014-9747: freetype security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jun 7, 2016
Added
Dec 4, 2019
Modified
Apr 1, 2026

Description

The t42_parse_encoding function in type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly update the current position for immediates-only mode, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a Type42 font.

Solutions

huawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-freetypehuawei-euleros-2_0_sp2-upgrade-freetype-devel
Title
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