9.8

CVE-2015-9290: freetype Out-of-bounds Read

CVSS: 9.8v3.0CriticalModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-9290DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9290DLA-1887-1
Published 30-07-2019Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-9290 is a critical (CVSS 9.8) Out-of-bounds Read vulnerability in freetype. EPSS estimates a 2.75% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
70/100
0100
High · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
9.8/10
010
Critical · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.75%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 30-07-2019
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

In FreeType before 2.6.1, a buffer over-read occurs in type1/t1parse.c on function T1_Get_Private_Dict where there is no check that the new values of cur and limit are sensible before going to Again.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.75%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

86%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.75% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.75%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (savannah.nongnu.org)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • freetype< 2.6.1-0.1 | < 2.5.2-3+deb8u3
Freetype1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • freetype< 2.8.1-2ubuntu2

3 vendors · 3 products

References

8 links