cff/cf2ft.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not validate the return values of point-allocation functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OTF font.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-9472 cff/cf2ft.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not validate the return values of point-allocation functions, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted OTF font.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T13:55:02.926Z

Reserved: 2015-02-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-9662

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-02-08T11:59:24.537

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-9662

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-11-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-9662 - Bugzilla

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