CVE-2015-9382

MEDIUM 6.5CVE-2015-9382 · Published 03/09/2019 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2015-9382 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.5) vulnerability affecting freetype (freetype).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.2% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.6.1 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
freetype freetype	`< 2.6.1`	`2.6.1`

Description

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

git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/psaux/psobjs.c · Patch
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4254
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00002.html · Third Party Advisory
savannah.nongnu.org/bugs · Exploit
usn.ubuntu.com/4126-2

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

freetype

< 2.6.1

2.6.1

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