CVE-2015-9290
freetype - security update
9.8
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.49%
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.
How to fix CVE-2015-9290
To remediate CVE-2015-9290, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/freetype—upgrade to 2.6.1-0.1 or later
- —upgrade to 2.5.2-3+deb8u3 or later
Is CVE-2015-9290 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.5%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 2.6.1-0.1
- from 0, < 2.5.2-3+deb8u3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |