CVE-2014-9673

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-11-24
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

An integer signedness flaw, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow, was found in the way FreeType handled Mac fonts. If a specially crafted font file was loaded by an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running the application.

See more information about CVE-2014-9673 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (freetype)	ELSA-2015-0696	2015-03-17
Oracle Linux version 7 (freetype)	ELSA-2015-0696	2015-03-17
Oracle VM version 3.3 (freetype)	OVMSA-2015-0036	2015-03-18
Oracle VM version 3.4 (freetype)	OVMSA-2015-0036	2015-03-18