7.5 High
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
0.139 Low
EPSS
Percentile
95.6%
Stack-based buffer overflow in the cf2_hintmap_build function in
cff/cf2hints.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large
number of stem hints in a font file.
Author | Note |
---|---|
seth-arnold | see also CVE-2014-9659 |
secunia.com/advisories/57291
sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.5.3/
www.securitytracker.com/id/1029895
launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-2240
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2240
security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2240
ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2148-1
www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2240