CVE-2015-9290

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FreeType versions prior to 2.6.1

Description A buffer over-read issue occurs in the T1 Get Private Dict function within type1/t1parse.c due to a lack of checks on the new values of cur and limit before proceeding. This issue affects FreeType versions prior to 2.6.1.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.6.1, update to version 2.6.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the T1 Get Private Dict function until a patch is available.