Out-of-bounds Read Affecting freetype package, versions <2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.4
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
User Interaction
Required
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.45% (75th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-FREETYPE-461053
- published 3 Sep 2019
- disclosed 3 Sep 2019
Introduced: 3 Sep 2019
CVE-2015-9383 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04
freetype
to version 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.4 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:16.04
relevant fixed versions and status.
FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-9383
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00002.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-9383
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=57cbb8c148999ba8f14ed53435fc071ac9953afd
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?46346
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-1/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-2/