usn-2510-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2015-02-24 19:33
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
freetype vulnerabilities
Details

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges.

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  "affected": [
    {
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          "cves": [
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-9656",
              "severity": [
                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-9657",
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                }
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            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-9658",
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            },
            {
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                }
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            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-9660",
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                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-9661",
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                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
            {
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                {
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              ]
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              "id": "CVE-2014-9663",
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                {
                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
              ]
            },
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                  "score": "medium",
                  "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
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                }
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                  "type": "Ubuntu"
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            {
              "id": "CVE-2014-9673",
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                }
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            {
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          ],
          "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"
        }
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "freetype2-demos",
            "binary_version": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libfreetype6",
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "freetype",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype@2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.4"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
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        "2.4.12-0ubuntu1",
        "2.5.0.1-0ubuntu2",
        "2.5.1-1ubuntu1",
        "2.5.1-1ubuntu2",
        "2.5.1-2ubuntu1",
        "2.5.2-1ubuntu1",
        "2.5.2-1ubuntu2",
        "2.5.2-1ubuntu2.1",
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    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain\nmalformed font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted\nfont file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly\nexecute arbitrary code with user privileges.\n",
  "id": "USN-2510-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:32Z",
  "published": "2015-02-24T19:33:21Z",
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  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
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}



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