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Home FreetypeCVE-2015-9383

Medium

6.5CVSS

CVE-2015-9383

Vendor:Freetype

Published: 3 Sept 2019

Updated 1y ago

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Description

FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.

CVSS Metrics

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector: network
Complexity: low
Privileges: none
User Action: required
Scope: unchanged
Confidentiality: none
Integrity: none
Availability: high
Weaknesses: CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read

Metadata

Primary Vendor: FREETYPE
Published: 9/3/2019
Last Modified: 11/21/2024
Source: NIST NVD
Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.

Affected Products

freetype : freetypedebian : debian_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linuxcanonical : ubuntu_linux

Remediation Guidance

Executive Summary

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CVE-2015-9383 - remediation guidance & executive summary | CVEDatabase.com

Related reading

Use CWE-125, Freetype vendor hub and Freetype product page to widen CVE-2015-9383 into its surrounding weakness, vendor, and product context.

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