bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font.
Source: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-9675
Reference (s):
- BID:72986
- URL: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72986
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0083.html
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=2c4832d30939b45c05757f0a05128ce64c4cacc7
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html