Out-of-bounds read in FreeType - CVE-2015-9383
Published: September 10, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20972
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-2015-9383
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
Affected software
FreeType
freetype (Ubuntu package)
freetype (Ubuntu package)
How to mitigate CVE-2015-9383
Install update from vendor's website.
FreeType - update to 2.6.2
freetype (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.4
freetype (Ubuntu package) - update to 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.4