VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE
CVE-2014-9745
CVSS score5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability3.73%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2015-09-14
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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.