CVE-2014-9675
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2015-02-08 | |
| Impact: | Low | What is this? |
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.
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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Vector String: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Network |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | None |
| Availability Impact: | None |
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 |
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