CVE-2014-9745 Information

Description

The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a \broken number-with-base\ in a Postscript stream as demonstrated by 8garbage.

Reference

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=df14e6c0b9592cbb24d5381dfc6106b14f915e75 http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00017.html http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?41590 http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76727 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033536 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1492124 https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=459050