Critical severity9.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 30, 2019· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2015-9290

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.

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Affected products

FreeType/Freetype2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <2.6.1
- (no CPE)range: <2.6.1
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Patches

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References

git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/type1/t1parse.cnvdPatchThird Party Advisory
savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/nvdExploitThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00019.htmlnvd
support.f5.com/csp/article/K38315305nvd
support.f5.com/csp/article/K38315305nvd

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