Out-of-bounds Read Affecting freetype package, versions <2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm1
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.58% (78th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1404-FREETYPE-466339
- published 3 Sep 2019
- disclosed 3 Sep 2019
Introduced: 3 Sep 2019
CVE-2015-9382 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04
freetype
to version 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype
package and not the freetype
package as distributed by Ubuntu
.
See How to fix?
for Ubuntu:14.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
FreeType before 2.6.1 has a buffer over-read in skip_comment in psaux/psobjs.c because ps_parser_skip_PS_token is mishandled in an FT_New_Memory_Face operation.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-9382
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00002.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-9382
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/psaux/psobjs.c?id=db5a4a9ae7b0048f033361744421da8569642f73
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?45922
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4254
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-2/