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title: "CVE-2015-9383\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2015-9383

Publication date 3 September 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

## Cvss 3 Severity Score

**6.5 · Medium**

[Score breakdown](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-9383?format=md#impact-score)

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## Description

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

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| freetype | 19.04 disco | Not affected |
| 18.04 LTS bionic | Not affected |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Fixed 2.6.1-0.1ubuntu2.4 |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 2.5.2-1ubuntu2.8+esm1  Ubuntu Pro |

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## Severity score breakdown

CVSS version:
CVSS v3.0

**Base score**

6.5 · Medium

* Base metrics

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Attack vector | Network |
  | Attack complexity | Low |
  | Privileges required | None |
  | User interaction | Required |
  | Scope | Unchanged |
  | Confidentiality impact | None |
  | Integrity impact | None |
  | Availability impact | High |
* Scores

  | Parameter | Value |
  | --- | --- |
  | Base score | 6.5 · Medium |
  | Exploitability score | - |
  | Impact score | - |

**Vector:** CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2015-9383)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-9383)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2015-9383)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-9383)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-4126-2](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4126-2)
+ FreeType vulnerabilities
+ 9 September 2019

+ [USN-4126-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-4126-1)
+ FreeType vulnerability
+ 9 September 2019

### Other references

* <http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=57cbb8c148999ba8f14ed53435fc071ac9953afd>
* <https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?46346>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-9383>