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CVE-2015-9383 (GCVE-0-2015-9383)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2019-09-03 04:52 – Updated: 2024-08-06 08:51
VLAI
Summary
FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.
CWE
  • n/a
References
URL Tags
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetyp… x_refsource_MISC
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?46346 x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-2/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-1/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
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  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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