CVE-2014-9673 Information

Description

Integer signedness error in the Mac_Read_POST_Resource function in base/ftobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Mac font.

Reference

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=154 http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=35252ae9aa1dd9343e9f4884e9ddb1fee10ef415 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3188 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:055 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2510-1 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-05