Out-of-bounds read in FreeType - CVE-2015-9290
Published: October 3, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU21529
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-9290
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: freetype.org
Affected software:
FreeType
FreeType
Detailed vulnerability 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-9290
Install updates from vendor's website.