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CVE-2014-9664

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-9664 is an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in FreeType versions prior to 2.5.4, affecting various Linux distributions including Debian, Fedora, and Red Hat. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.8) allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts through a crafted Type42 font. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node_eus:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.27%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0427 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2015-0083.html
Third Party Advisory
code.google.com / p/google-security-research/issues/detail
ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit
PatchVendor Advisory
git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150148.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / pipermail/package-announce/2015-February/150162.html
Third Party Advisory
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00091.html
Third Party Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2015-0696.html
Third Party Advisory
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201503-05
debian.org / security/2015/dsa-3188
Third Party Advisory
mandriva.com / security/advisories
Broken Link
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/72986
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2510-1
Third Party Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2739-1
Third Party Advisory