freetype: out of bounds read in Type42 font parser
Published Feb 8, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.36%
Description
type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
- 15.04
Configuration 2
- 7.0
Configuration 3
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 6
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 6.6.z
- 7.1
- 6.0
- 7.0
Configuration 6
- 20
- 21
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
freetype-0:2.3.11-15.el6_6.1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0696
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
freetype-0:2.4.11-10.ael7b_1.1
Fixed · RHSA-2015:0696
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
freetype
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3
mingw-virt-viewer
Affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | freetype-0:2.3.11-15.el6_6.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0696 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | freetype-0:2.4.11-10.ael7b_1.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2015:0696 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freetype | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.36% (0.04360) | 90.94th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.36% (0.04360) | 89.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 7, 2026 | 4.72% (0.04717) | 89.44th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Apr 27, 2026 | 3.61% (0.03613) | 87.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.86% (0.04855) | 88.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 6.45% (0.06451) | 84.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.86% (0.04855) | 88.81th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.25% (0.04245) | 92.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 3.61% (0.03608) | 90.22th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 85.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 84.01th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 3.78% (0.03779) | 67.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (20)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=187 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=3788187e0c396952cd7d905c6c61f3ff8e84b2b4 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=42fcd6693ec7bd6ffc65ddc63e74287a65dda669 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/134396/FreeType-2.5.3-Type42-Parsing-Use-After-Free.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9661 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191083 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9661
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9661
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