freetype: out-of-bounds read in tt_cmap4_validate()
Published Feb 8, 2015
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.06%
Description
The tt_cmap4_validate function in sfnt/ttcmap.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 validates a certain length field before that field's value is completely calculated, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted cmap SFNT table.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- 7.0
Configuration 4
- 20
- 21
Configuration 6
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
- 15.04
Configuration 7
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 6
- 7.0
- 7.1
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 6.6.z
- 7.1
- 6.0
- 7.0
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 4
freetype
Will not fix
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 4 | freetype | Will not fix | n/a |
| 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 (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 5.06% (0.05059) | 92.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.06% (0.05059) | 91.19th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Oct 1, 2025 | 2.61% (0.02607) | 85.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.28% (0.01279) | 77.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.59% (0.04593) | 81.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.28% (0.01279) | 78.20th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.10% (0.02099) | 89.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.64% (0.02639) | 88.70th | 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 (18)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=184 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=9bd20b7304aae61de5d50ac359cf27132bafd4c1 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2014-9663 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191085 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9663
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9663
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