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CVE-2015-9290

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-9290 describes a critical buffer over-read vulnerability in FreeType versions prior to 2.6.1, specifically within the T1_Get_Private_Dict function in type1/t1parse.c, affecting freetype products. With a CVSS v3 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable with low attack complexity, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion, and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.75%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
84.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0275 is in the 75th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-9290Low

freetype: buffer over-read in function T1_Get_Private_Dict in type1/t1parse.c

Jul 30, 2019

References

git.savannah.gnu.org / cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/src/type1/t1parse.c
PatchThird Party Advisory
lists.debian.org / debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00019.html
savannah.nongnu.org / bugs
ExploitThird Party Advisory
support.f5.com / csp/article/K38315305
support.f5.com / csp/article/K38315305