Out-of-bounds read in FreeType - CVE-2015-9382

Vulnerability identifier: #VU20971

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9382

CWE-ID: CWE-125

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

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

The vulnerability exists due to 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. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.

FreeType
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Juniper Junos Space

Install update from vendor's website.

FreeType - update to 2.6.1
Juniper Junos Space - update to 20.3R1

• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/psaux/psobjs.c?id=db5a4a9ae7b0048f033361744421da8569642f73
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00002.html
• https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?45922
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-2/

• Red Hat update for freetype
• Amazon Linux AMI update for freetype
• Multiple vulnerabilities in Juniper Junos Space