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SUSE: CVE-2014-2240: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2014-2240: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
03/12/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/18/2015
Modified
05/10/2021

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cf2_hintmap_build function in cff/cf2hints.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of stem hints in a font file.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-freetype2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-ft2demos
  • suse-upgrade-ftbench
  • suse-upgrade-ftdiff
  • suse-upgrade-ftdump
  • suse-upgrade-ftgamma
  • suse-upgrade-ftgrid
  • suse-upgrade-ftinspect
  • suse-upgrade-ftlint
  • suse-upgrade-ftmulti
  • suse-upgrade-ftstring
  • suse-upgrade-ftvalid
  • suse-upgrade-ftview
  • suse-upgrade-libfreetype6
  • suse-upgrade-libfreetype6-32bit

References

  • SUSE-SU-2015:0455-1
  • USN-2148-1
  • CVE-2014-2240

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