CVE-2014-9746 is a critical vulnerability in FreeType versions prior to 2.5.4, affecting Debian Linux and FreeType itself. It stems from a failure to check return values in several font parsing functions, allowing remote attackers to trigger an uninitialized memory access and application crash via a crafted font. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network without user interaction, potentially leading to denial of service and possibly other unspecified impacts. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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