K16380: FreeType vulnerabilities CVE-2014-9656 and CVE-2014-9659

Security Advisory Description CVE-2014-9656 The ttsbitdecoderloadimage function in sfnt/ttsbit.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly check for an integer overflow, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds read or possibly have unspecified other impact via a...

CVE-2014-9659: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

cff/cf2intrp.c in the CFF CharString interpreter in FreeType before 2.5.4 proceeds with additional hints after the hint mask has been computed, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service stack-based buffer overflow via a crafted OpenType font. NOTE: this...