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LIN7-57 : Security Advisory - freetype - CVE-2014-2240

Created: May 14, 2014 Updated: Mar 31, 2016

Resolved Date: Jun 5, 2014

Found In Version: 7.0.0.0.LB09

Fix Version: 7.0

Severity: Standard

Applicable for: Wind River Linux 7

Component/s: Userspace

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cf2_hintmap_build function in cff/cf2hints.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large number of stem hints in a font file.

http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-2240