freetype: information leak in _bdf_add_property()
Published Feb 8, 2015
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 4.16%
Description
bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 10.04
- 12.04
- 14.04
- 14.10
- 15.04
Configuration 3
- 7.0
Configuration 4
- 20
- 21
Configuration 5
- 6.0
- 7.0
- 6.0
- 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:N/A:N
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 | 4.16% (0.04159) | 90.56th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 4.16% (0.04159) | 89.53th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 2.33% (0.02335) | 83.41th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 4.65% (0.04650) | 81.79th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 2.33% (0.02335) | 83.74th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.43% (0.00427) | 75.18th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.41% (0.00414) | 73.33th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.41% (0.00414) | 69.97th | 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 (19)
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
- http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=151 x_refsource_MISCExploit
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2c4832d30939b45c05757f0a05128ce64c4cacc7 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- 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_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
- 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-2014-9675 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1191192 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-9675
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://source.android.com/security/bulletin/2016-11-01.html x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-9675
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