CVE-2014-9661: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 4.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

type42/t42parse.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not consider that scanning can be incomplete without triggering an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Type42 font.

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 10.04 only; version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only; version 15.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 7.0 only
• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 20 only; version 21 only
• FreeType FreeType: up to and including 2.5.3
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only; version 13.2 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: version 6 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus: version 7.1 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: version 6.6.z only; version 7.1 only
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation: version 6.0 only; version 7.0 only

Published 2015-02-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.