Medium severity · published Sep 3, 2019
CVE-2015-9382
FreeType before 2.6.1 has a buffer over-read in skip_comment in psaux/psobjs.c because ps_parser_skip_PS_token is mishandled in an FT_New_Memory_Face operation
6.5
CVSS
1.7%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FreeType before 2.6.1 has a buffer over-read in skip_comment in psaux/psobjs.c because ps_parser_skip_PS_token is mishandled in an FT_New_Memory_Face operation.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.7% · higher than 77% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
FR
Freetype · Freetype
before 2.6.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9382
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9382
Patch
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/psaux/psobjs.c?id=db5a4a9ae7b0048f033361744421da8569642f73
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4254
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00002.html
Exploit
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?45922
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-2/
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