PT-2019-7249 · Freetype+1 · Freetype+1

Kcc + 1 · Published 2016-01-13 · Updated 2019-08-15 · CVE-2015-9290

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeType versions prior to 2.6.1

Description A buffer over-read issue occurs in the T1 Get Private Dict function within type1/t1parse.c due to a lack of checks on the new values of cur and limit before proceeding. This issue affects FreeType versions prior to 2.6.1.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.1, update to version 2.6.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the T1 Get Private Dict function until a patch is available.

Exploit

Fix

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1019

CVE-2015-9290

DLA-1887-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Freetype

References · 26

• 🔥 https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?45923 · Exploit
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/freetype · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-9290 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-9290 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1887-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9290 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-1887-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9290 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9381 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9382 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2015-9290 · Vendor Advisory
• http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/type1/t1parse.c?id=e3058617f384cb6709f3878f753fa17aca9e3a30 · Patch
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9383 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9290 · Security Note
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1019 · Vendor Advisory