# CVE-2015-9383: FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in tt\_cmap14\_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-09-03 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

FreeType before 2.6.2 has a heap-based buffer over-read in tt_cmap14_validate in sfnt/ttcmap.c.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=57cbb8c148999ba8f14ed53435fc071ac9953afd
- https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?46346
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/09/msg00002.html
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-2/
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4126-1/

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