Out-of-bounds Read Affecting freetype-demos package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.84% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-FREETYPEDEMOS-1958925
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Jul 2019

Introduced: 30 Jul 2019

CVE-2015-9290  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:6 freetype-demos.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream freetype-demos package and not the freetype-demos package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.