CVE-2014-2240 Information

Description

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.

Reference

http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?41697 http://secunia.com/advisories/57291 http://secunia.com/advisories/57447 http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.5.3 http://www.freetype.org/index.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/66074 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029895 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2148-1