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CVE-2014-9745: canonical ubuntu_linux Resource Management Errors

CVSS: 5.0v2.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-9745USN-2739-1DEBIAN-CVE-2014-9745
Published 14-09-2015Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-9745 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) Resource Management Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 3.73% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
21/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.0/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
3.73%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 3 · Related 1
DLA-319-1DSA-3370-1SUSE-SU-2016:1149-1

Timeline

  1. 14-09-2015
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

3.73%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

90%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 3.73% on 20-09-2026

20-09-202620-10-2026
EPSS score
3.73%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
Canonical1 product
Freetype1 product
Opensuse1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • freetype< 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.5

5 vendors · 6 products

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