UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9290
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-9290
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9290.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9290
- Upstream
- Withdrawn
- 2025-07-18T16:43:21Z
- Published
- 2019-07-30T13:15:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-16T08:11:53.783550Z
- Severity
-
- 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
In FreeType before 2.6.1, a buffer over-read occurs in type1/t1parse.c on function T1GetPrivate_Dict where there is no check that the new values of cur and limit are sensible before going to Again.
- References
Affected packages
Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / freetype
Package
- Name
- freetype
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/freetype@2.8.1-2ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=bionic
Affected ranges
- Type
- ECOSYSTEM
- Events
-
Introduced0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affectedFixed2.8.1-2ubuntu2
Ecosystem specific
{
"binaries": [
{
"binary_name": "freetype2-demos",
"binary_version": "2.8.1-2ubuntu2"
},
{
"binary_name": "freetype2-demos-dbgsym",
"binary_version": "2.8.1-2ubuntu2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libfreetype6",
"binary_version": "2.8.1-2ubuntu2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libfreetype6-dbgsym",
"binary_version": "2.8.1-2ubuntu2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libfreetype6-dev",
"binary_version": "2.8.1-2ubuntu2"
},
{
"binary_name": "libfreetype6-udeb",
"binary_version": "2.8.1-2ubuntu2"
}
],
"availability": "No subscription required"
}