freetype: heap-based buffer overflow in cff/cf2ft.c
Published Feb 8, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.32%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 7.0
Configuration 3
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
- 15.04
Configuration 4
- 20
- 21
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
freetype
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
freetype
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
freetype
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
freetype
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3
mingw-virt-viewer
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | freetype | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | freetype | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | freetype | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | freetype | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 | mingw-virt-viewer | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of freetype as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, 6 and 7.
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 (15 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 4.32% (0.04321) | 90.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.32% (0.04321) | 89.88th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| May 13, 2026 | 3.93% (0.03932) | 88.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 28, 2025 | 5.42% (0.05416) | 89.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 27, 2025 | 3.49% (0.03490) | 87.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 29, 2025 | 5.42% (0.05416) | 89.67th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | 4.25% (0.04246) | 88.26th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 27, 2025 | 2.74% (0.02738) | 85.46th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 4.93% (0.04935) | 89.22th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.74% (0.02738) | 85.00th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 4.31% (0.04310) | 92.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 5.10% (0.05099) | 91.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.77th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.73th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=185 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=5f201ab5c24cb69bc96b724fd66e739928d6c5e2 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://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-2014-9662 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191084 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9662
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9662
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