6.5

CVE-2015-9274: harfbuzz_project harfbuzz Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 6.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-9274USN-5746-1DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9274
Published 15-11-2018Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-9274 is a medium (CVSS 6.5) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in harfbuzz_project harfbuzz. EPSS estimates a 1.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
26/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.54%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 15-11-2018
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

HarfBuzz before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read of two bytes and application crash) because of GPOS and GSUB table mishandling, related to hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh, hb-ot-layout-gsub-table.hh, and hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.54%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

75%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.54% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.54%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • harfbuzz< 1.2.6-1
Harfbuzz_project1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • harfbuzz< 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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