CVE-2015-9383
FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.
02 Description
FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.28% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 82.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-09-03 04:52Z7 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:51Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-09-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-125Out-of-bounds ReadBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 46d0066237be1678d668ef68fba5e834cf97653cad8c9190d9a3a7e6c5ad7924
05 Affected products
06 References
- git.savannah.gnu.orghttp://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=57cbb8c148999ba8f14ed53435fc071ac9953afd
- savannah.nongnu.orghttps://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?46346
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190904 [SECURITY] [DLA 1909-1] freetype security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00002.html
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4126-2https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-2/
- usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4126-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-1/
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- freetype Fixed in 2.6.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- freetype Fixed in 2.6.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- freetype Fixed in 2.6.3-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- freetype Fixed in 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.4
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS
- freetype Fixed in 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm1Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.