CVE-2015-9383 — Out-of-bounds Read in Freetype

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read10 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
OSV8.8
EPSS
2.7%
top 14.02%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
4
FreetypeDebian FreetypeCanonical Ubuntu Linux+1 more
Timeline
PublishedSep 3
Latest updateMay 24

Description

FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/freetype< freetype 2.6.3-1 (bookworm)
▶NVDfreetype/freetype< 2.6.2
▶Debianfreetype/freetype< 2.6.3-1+3
▶Ubuntufreetype/freetype< 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm1

Also affects: Debian Linux 8.0, Ubuntu Linux 12.04, 14.04, 16.04

Patches

Patch: git.savannah.gnu.org ↗Patch: git.savannah.gnu.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-5qxc-8vc2-mr95: FreeType before 2↗2022-05-24
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OSV
freetype vulnerabilities↗2019-09-09
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OSV
CVE-2015-9383: FreeType before 2↗2019-09-03
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
FreeType vulnerability↗2019-09-09
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Ubuntu
FreeType vulnerabilities↗2019-09-09
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Red Hat
freetype: a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c may lead to a DoS↗2019-09-03
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Debian
CVE-2015-9383: freetype - FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in...↗2015
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2015-9383 freetype: a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c may lead to a DoS [fedora-all]↗2019-10-21
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Bugzilla
CVE-2015-9383 freetype: a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c may lead to a DoS↗2019-10-21
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