[Bug 1191080] New: CVE-2014-9658 freetype: DoS in the tt_face_load_kern function in sfnt/ttkern.c

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            Bug ID: 1191080
           Summary: CVE-2014-9658 freetype: DoS in the tt_face_load_kern
                    function in sfnt/ttkern.c
           Product: Security Response
         Component: vulnerability
          Keywords: Security
          Severity: medium
          Priority: medium
          Assignee: security-response-team at redhat.com
          Reporter: vkaigoro at redhat.com
                CC: behdad at fedoraproject.org,
                    fonts-bugs at lists.fedoraproject.org,
                    kevin at tigcc.ticalc.org, mkasik at redhat.com



Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned CVE-2014-9658 to the following
issue:

The tt_face_load_kern function in sfnt/ttkern.c in FreeType before 2.5.4
enforces an incorrect minimum table length, which allows remote attackers to
cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) or possibly have unspecified
other impact via a crafted TrueType font.

http://code.google.com/p/google-security-research/issues/detail?id=194
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=f70d9342e65cd2cb44e9f26b6d7edeedf191fc6c

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