Denial of service in FreeType library in F5 Traffix SDC

1) Out-of-bounds read

EUVDB-ID: #VU21529

Risk: Low

CVSSv3.1: 3.8 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9290

CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the T1_Get_Private_Dict() function in type1/t1parse.c. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted font, trick the victim into loading it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and crash the application.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Traffix SDC: 5.0.0 - 5.1.0

External links

http://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38315305

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.