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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
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<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd">
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<glsa id="201408-02">
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<title>FreeType: Arbitrary code execution</title>
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<synopsis>A vulnerability in FreeType could result in execution of arbitrary
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code or Denial of Service.
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</synopsis>
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<product type="ebuild">freetype</product>
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<announced>2014-08-09</announced>
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<revised count="1">2014-08-09</revised>
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<bug>504088</bug>
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<access>remote</access>
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<affected>
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<package name="media-libs/freetype" auto="yes" arch="*">
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<unaffected range="ge">2.5.3-r1</unaffected>
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<vulnerable range="lt">2.5.3-r1</vulnerable>
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</package>
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</affected>
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<background>
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<p>FreeType is a high-quality and portable font engine.</p>
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</background>
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<description>
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<p>A stack-based buffer overflow exists in Freetype’s cf2_hintmap_build
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function in cff/cf2hints.c.
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</p>
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</description>
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<impact type="normal">
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<p>A remote attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code or cause a
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Denial of Service condition via specially crafted font file.
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</p>
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</impact>
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<workaround>
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<p>There is no known workaround at this time.</p>
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</workaround>
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<resolution>
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<p>All FreeType users should upgrade to the latest version:</p>
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<code>
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# emerge --sync
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/freetype-2.5.3-r1"
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</code>
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<p>Packages which depend on this library may need to be recompiled. Tools
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such as revdep-rebuild may assist in identifying these packages.
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</p>
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</resolution>
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<references>
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<uri link="https://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=CVE-2014-2240">CVE-2014-2240</uri>
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</references>
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<metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2014-07-15T20:29:39Z">Zlogene</metadata>
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<metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2014-08-09T19:09:10Z">Zlogene</metadata>
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</glsa>
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