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CVE-2015-9290

Published: Jul 30, 2019Updated: Nov 21, 2024 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-125
NVD MITRE
9.8CVSSCRITICAL
EPSS Score
2.7%
Top 15.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available

Description

In FreeType before 2.6.1, a buffer over-read occurs in type1/t1parse.c on function T1_Get_Private_Dict where there is no check that the new values of cur and limit are sensible before going to Again.

CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:HA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:HIntegrity
High
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected Products

n/an/a
freetypefreetype
LibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
freetypeoss-projectOSS Librariesaka freetype

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Exploitability

Official Patch Available

MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique
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References

https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?45923
savannah.nongnu.org
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/type1/t1parse.c?id=e3058617f384cb6709f3878f753fa17aca9e3a30
git.savannah.gnu.org
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00019.html
lists.debian.org
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Timeline

Published
Jul 30, 2019
Last Updated
Nov 21, 2024

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