Is CVE-2014-9745 actively exploited?

CVE-2014-9745 has no public evidence of in-the-wild exploitation as of 2025-04-12.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2014-9745?

CVE-2014-9745 has a CVSS score of 5 (UNKNOWN severity). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P.

How do I patch CVE-2014-9745?

Patch guidance is available from freetype security advisories. CVEDatabase generates AI-assisted remediation guidance on demand for CVE-2014-9745.

CVE-2014-9745 - remediation guidance & executive summary

Q: Which products are affected by CVE-2014-9745?

7 products: freetype freetype, debian debian linux, debian debian linux, canonical ubuntu linux, canonical ubuntu linux, and 2 more.

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.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector: network
Access Cmplx: low
Auth: none
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: partial
Weaknesses: CWE-399

Metadata

Primary Vendor: FREETYPE
Published: 9/14/2015
Last Modified: 4/12/2025
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

freetype : freetypedebian : debian_linuxdebian : debian_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxopensuse : opensuse

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

View on NIST NVD