Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201408-02
🗓️ 29 Sep 2015 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2015 Eero VolotinenType
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| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 58 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| freetype -- Out of bounds stack-based read/write | 7 Dec 201400:00 | – | freebsd | |
| The vulnerability of the Gentoo Linux operating system allows a malicious intruder to compromise the confidentiality, integrity, and accessibility of protected information. | 28 Apr 201500:00 | – | bdu_fstec | |
| CVE-2014-2240 | 12 Mar 201414:00 | – | cve | |
| CVE-2014-2240 | 12 Mar 201414:00 | – | cvelist | |
| CVE-2014-2240 | 12 Mar 201414:00 | – | debiancve | |
| EUVD-2014-2279 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: freetype-2.5.0-9.fc20 | 20 Feb 201508:31 | – | fedora | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: mingw-freetype-2.5.0.1-2.fc20 | 10 Jun 201403:12 | – | fedora | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 19 Update: mingw-freetype-2.4.12-3.fc19 | 10 Jun 201402:59 | – | fedora | |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: mingw-freetype-2.5.4-1.fc20 | 2 Jan 201505:04 | – | fedora |
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| Source | Link |
|---|---|
| security | www.security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-02 |
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2015 Eero Volotinen
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
if(description)
{
script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.121246");
script_version("2026-04-24T15:56:23+0000");
script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2015-09-29 11:27:41 +0300 (Tue, 29 Sep 2015)");
script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 15:56:23 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
script_name("Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 201408-02");
script_tag(name:"insight", value:"A stack-based buffer overflow exists in Freetypes cf2_hintmap_build function in cff/cf2hints.c.");
script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update the affected packages to the latest available version.");
script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201408-02");
script_cve_id("CVE-2014-2240");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/gentoo", "ssh/login/pkg");
script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
script_tag(name:"summary", value:"Gentoo Linux Local Security Checks GLSA 201408-02");
script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2015 Eero Volotinen");
script_family("Gentoo Local Security Checks");
exit(0);
}
include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-gentoo.inc");
res = "";
report = "";
if((res=ispkgvuln(pkg:"media-libs/freetype", unaffected: make_list("ge 2.5.3-r1"), vulnerable: make_list("lt 2.5.3-r1"))) != NULL) {
report += res;
}
if(report != "") {
security_message(data:report);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
exit(99);
}
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24 Apr 2026 00:00Current
6.7Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.7
CVSS 27.5
EPSS0.06882