Description
The parse_encoding function in type1/t1load.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a "broken number-with-base" in a Postscript stream, as demonstrated by 8#garbage.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2739-1 ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00017.html ↗
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=df14e6c0b9592cbb24d5381dfc6106b14f915e75 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76727 ↗
- http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?41590 ↗
- https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=459050 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3370 ↗
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/freetype/+bug/1492124 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1033536 ↗