CVE-2015-9381 [High] | Out-of-bounds Read in Freetype

CVE-2015-9381 is rated High Exploit Risk (73.6/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.71%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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#	Date	Old EPSS score	New EPSS score	Delta (New - Old)
1	2025-03-30	1.83%	0.71%	-1.12%
2	2025-03-29	0.71%	1.83%	+1.12%
3	2025-03-17	—	0.71%	—

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2025-03-30

1.83%

0.71%

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2025-03-29

0.71%

1.83%

+1.12%

2025-03-17

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Base score	Version	Severity	Vector	Exploitability	Impact	Score source
8.8	3.0	HIGH	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H` Click to expand Attack vector (AV:N) Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine. Attack complexity (AC:L) Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup. Privileges required (PR:N) No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough. User interaction (UI:R) A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land. Scope (S:U) Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems. Confidentiality (C:H) Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way. Integrity (I:H) They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt. Availability (A:H) Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.	2.8	5.9	[email protected]
6.8	2.0	MEDIUM	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P` Click to expand Access vector (AV:N) Can be exploited remotely over network reachability. Access complexity (AC:M) Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones. Authentication (AU:N) No authentication is required. Confidentiality impact (C:P) Partial confidentiality impact. Integrity impact (I:P) Partial integrity impact. Availability impact (A:P) Partial availability impact.	8.6	6.4	[email protected]

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8.8

3.0

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand

Attack vector (AV:N): Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L): Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N): No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:R): A real person has to do something—click, install, enable—otherwise it doesn’t land.
Scope (S:U): Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H): Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H): They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H): Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.

2.8

5.9

[email protected]

6.8

2.0

MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand

Access vector (AV:N): Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M): Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N): No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P): Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P): Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P): Partial availability impact.

8.6

6.4

[email protected]

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-9381

vendor	priority	summary	link
`debian`	not yet assigned	CVE-2015-9381 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (freetype), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.	https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-9381
`redhat`	medium	—	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9381
`suse`	medium	CVE-2015-9381 severity moderate: SUSE including 437 source package names (PackageKit-1.1.10-1.el7, PackageKit-command-not-found-1.1.10-1.el7, …), 567 product×package rows across 46 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, … (46 product lines)): Fixed 427, Known Not Affected 140.	https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9381/
`ubuntu`	low	CVE-2015-9381 low priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (freetype), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bionic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 3, released 2.	https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-9381

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-9381

Vendor	Product	Version	Raw CPE
freetype	freetype	< 2.6.1	cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype::::::::
debian	debian_linux	8.0	cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:::::::*

References for CVE-2015-9381

URL	Tags
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/type1/t1parse.c?id=7962a15d64c876870ca0ae435ea2467d9be268d9	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4254
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00002.html	Third Party Advisory
https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?45955	Exploit Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-2/

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