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title: "CVE-2014-2240\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-2240

Publication date 12 March 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the cf2\_hintmap\_build function in
cff/cf2hints.c in FreeType before 2.5.3 allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a large
number of stem hints in a font file.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2240?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| freetype | 13.10 saucy | Fixed 2.4.12-0ubuntu1.1 |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2240?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

see also CVE-2014-9659

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| freetype | * Upstream:   [?id=0ea](http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=0eae6eb0645264c98812f0095e0f5df4541830e6) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2240)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2240)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-2240)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2240)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2148-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2148-1)
+ FreeType vulnerabilities
+ 17 March 2014

### Other references

* <http://sourceforge.net/projects/freetype/files/freetype2/2.5.3/>
* <http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029895>
* <http://secunia.com/advisories/57291>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2240>