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CVE-2015-9290
- Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.0)
- Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
- EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
- Public exploit or detection template: yes
- Published: 2019-07-30 · updated 2026-06-17
- Weakness: CWE-125
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.
Affected products
- FreeType: before 2.6.1 — fixed in 2.6.1
How to fix
Upgrade to a fixed version: FreeType 2.6.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/type1/t1parse.c?id=e3058617f384cb6709f3878f753fa17aca9e3a30
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00019.html
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?45923
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38315305
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38315305?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/type1/t1parse.c?id=e3058617f384cb6709f3878f753fa17aca9e3a30
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00019.html
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?45923
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38315305
- https://support.f5.com/csp/article/K38315305?utm_source=f5support&%3Butm_medium=RSS
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