Fluid Attacks Database

Description

The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a "broken number-with-base" in a Postscript stream, as demonstrated by 8#garbage.

Mitigation

Update Impact

Minimal update. May introduce new vulnerabilities or breaking changes.

Ecosystem	Package	Affected version	Patched versions
debian 11	freetype	>=0 <2.6-1	2.6-1
debian 14	freetype	>=0 <2.6-1	2.6-1
rpm rhel7	freetype	-	-
debian 13	freetype	>=0 <2.6-1	2.6-1
debian 12	freetype	>=0 <2.6-1	2.6-1
rpm rhel5	freetype	-	-
rpm rhel6	freetype	-	-

Aliases

1. CVE-2014-97452. NVD-2014-97453. OSV-DEBIAN-2014-97454. OSV-2014-97455. SECURITY-TRACKER-CVE-2014-9745

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