Is CVE-2015-9290 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2015-9290 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2015-9290?

CVE-2015-9290 has a CVSS v3 base score of 9.8 (CRITICAL).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2015-9290?

CVE-2015-9290 has an EPSS score of 2.75% (84th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2015-9290?

Upgrade freetype on debian 11 to 2.6.1-0.1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2015-9290

CRITICALEPSS 84th pctl

9.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

In FreeType before 2.6.1, a buffer over-read occurs in type1/t1parse.c on function T1_Get_Private_Dict where there is no check that the new values of cur and limit are sensible before going to Again.

CWE-125Out-of-bounds Read

How to fix

Remediation Available

freetypeDebian

Fixed in:2.6.1-0.1CVE-2015-9290

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

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

Exploit Intelligence

2.75%probability of exploitation in 30 days

84thpercentile

Elevated risk: more likely to be exploited than 84% of all known CVEs.

References

Patch1

git.savannah.gnu.org

Exploit1

savannah.nongnu.org

Other references3

Related Vulnerabilities

Other CWE-125 (Out-of-bounds Read) vulnerabilities, ordered by exploit likelihood. View all

CVE	Severity	CVSS	EPSS	Exploited	Fix
CVE-2014-0160	High	7.5	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2025-5777	High	7.5	100%	KEV + Ransom	Fix
CVE-2021-4034	High	7.8	95%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-21769	High	7.5	92%	-	Fix
CVE-2023-49285	High	8.6	89%	-	Fix
CVE-2020-8794	Critical	9.8	89%	-	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.