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Vulnerabilities / CVE-2015-9290

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CVE-2015-9290

freetype: buffer over-read in function T1_Get_Private_Dict in type1/t1parse.c

Published Modified CWE 125
In the Trivy database since at least 24 Oct 2026, 07:11 UTCWhen it arrived before that build is not recorded.

Severity by source

NVD9.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Red Hat6.2CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Trivy's own label is CRITICAL. Rated critical by NVD. Rated lower by Red Hat (low).

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 packages and fixed versions

SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11freetype2.6.1-0.1
debian 12freetype2.6.1-0.1
debian 13freetype2.6.1-0.1
debian 14freetype2.6.1-0.1
debian 8freetype2.5.2-3+deb8u3
echofreetype2.6.1-0.1
Red Hatfreetype, freetype-demos, freetype-develno fix listed
root.io debian 12rootio-freetype2.6.1-0.1
Show all 10 entries from 8 sources
SourcePackageFixed in
debian 11freetype2.6.1-0.1
debian 12freetype2.6.1-0.1
debian 13freetype2.6.1-0.1
debian 14freetype2.6.1-0.1
debian 8freetype2.5.2-3+deb8u3
echofreetype2.6.1-0.1
Red Hatfreetypeno fix listed
Red Hatfreetype-demosno fix listed
Red Hatfreetype-develno fix listed
root.io debian 12rootio-freetype2.6.1-0.1

References

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