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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2014-9746

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CVE-2014-9746

freetype: Use of uninitialized memory

Published Modified CWE 20
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat2.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Ubuntu (medium), Red Hat (low).

Description

The (1) t1_parse_font_matrix function in type1/t1load.c, (2) cid_parse_font_matrix function in cid/cidload.c, (3) t42_parse_font_matrix function in type42/t42parse.c, and (4) ps_parser_load_field function in psaux/psobjs.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 do not check return values, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (uninitialized memory access and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted font.

Affected packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11freetype2.6-1
debian 12freetype2.6-1
debian 13freetype2.6-1
debian 14freetype2.6-1
debian 7freetype2.4.9-1.1+deb7u2
debian 8freetype2.5.2-3+deb8u1
echofreetype2.6-1
Red Hatfreetype, freetype-demos, freetype-develno fix listed
root.io debian 12rootio-freetype2.6-1
ubuntu 12.04freetype2.4.8-1ubuntu2.3
ubuntu 14.04freetype2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5
ubuntu 14.04-ESMfreetype2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5
Show all 15 entries from 13 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11freetype2.6-1
debian 12freetype2.6-1
debian 13freetype2.6-1
debian 14freetype2.6-1
debian 7freetype2.4.9-1.1+deb7u2
debian 8freetype2.5.2-3+deb8u1
echofreetype2.6-1
Red Hatfreetypeno fix listed
Red Hatfreetype-demosno fix listed
Red Hatfreetype-develno fix listed
root.io debian 12rootio-freetype2.6-1
ubuntu 12.04freetype2.4.8-1ubuntu2.3
ubuntu 14.04freetype2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5
ubuntu 14.04-ESMfreetype2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5
ubuntu 15.04freetype2.5.2-2ubuntu3.1

References

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