CVE-2014-9672: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 5.8. EPSS: 4.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Array index error in the parse_fond function in base/ftmac.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted FOND resource in a Mac font file.

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
• FreeType FreeType: up to and including 2.5.3
• Opensuse Opensuse: version 13.1 only; version 13.2 only
• Oracle Solaris: version 10.0 only; version 11.2 only

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