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CVE-2015-9383 json

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

published 2019-09-03 7 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-9223

cvss
6.5
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • freetype freetype 2.6.2
  • freetype Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.6.3-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9383

  • freetype Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.4
  • freetype Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9383

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-9383 updated cvss 6.5

freetype: a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c may lead to a DoS

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 freetype, freetype-demos
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 freetype Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 firefox, thunderbird, chromium-browser Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 freetype, freetype-demos Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 freetype
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.28% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • savannah.nongnu.org https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?46346 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 6.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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