CVE-2015-9382

Exp

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.

Published: 2019-09-03 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2015-9382 is rated High Exploit Risk (65.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.80%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2015-9382

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-9382

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 1.26% 0.80% -0.46%
2 2025-03-29 0.80% 1.26% +0.46%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.80% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-9382

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.5 3.0 MEDIUM
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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:N)
Doesn’t really leak secrets in a meaningful way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 2.8 3.6 [email protected]
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-9382

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-9382

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-9382 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-2015-9382
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9382
suse medium CVE-2015-9382 severity moderate: SUSE including 431 source package names (PackageKit-1.1.10-1.el7, PackageKit-command-not-found-1.1.10-1.el7, …), 522 product×package rows across 39 product lines (SUSE CaaS Platform 3.0, SUSE CaaS Platform 4.5, … (39 product lines)): Fixed 427, Known Not Affected 95. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-9382/
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-9382 medium 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-2015-9382

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-9382

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-2015-9382

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