CVE-2015-9382 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2015-9382?

CVE-2015-9382 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 3 Sep 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-9382?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Freetype Freetype.

How do I fix CVE-2015-9382?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2015-9382 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-9382 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2015-9382, GHSA-mvvp-jc53-vjxq, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-9382.