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

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

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
06/07/2016
Created
11/20/2019
Added
11/19/2019
Modified
11/19/2019

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.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-freetype
  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp5-upgrade-freetype-devel

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