Is CVE-2009-0946 being actively exploited?

CVE-2009-0946 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2009-0946?

CVE-2009-0946 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 7.5 (HIGH).

CVE-2009-0946

HIGH · CVSS 7.5EPSS 8.5%EU EUVD

Multiple integer overflows in FreeType 2.3.9 and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors related to large values in certain inputs in (1) smooth/ftsmooth.c, (2) sfnt/ttcmap.c, and (3) cff/cffload.c.

Key facts

CVSS score: 7.5 (v2.0)
Severity: HIGH
CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness (CWE): CWE-190
EPSS score: 8.5% (95th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2009-0943)
Published: April 17, 2009
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0943 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

apple / iphone os
apple / mac os x
apple / mac os x
apple / mac os x
apple / mac os x server
apple / mac os x server
apple / mac os x server
apple / safari
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
freetype / freetype
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
opensuse / opensuse
suse / linux enterprise server
suse / linux enterprise server

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

Apple Mac OS X 10.6 - Apple Inc. - Common Criteria BSI-DSZ-CC-0536-2010 - archived

References

http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=0545ec1ca36b27cb928128870a83e5f668980bc5(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=79972af4f0485a11dcb19551356c45245749fc5b(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/commit/?id=a18788b14db60ae3673f932249cd02d33a227c4e(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/freetype/freetype2.git/tree/ChangeLog(Release Notes, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Jun/msg00005.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/May/msg00002.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html(Broken Link)
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010//Nov/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34723(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34913(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/34967(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35065(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35074(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35198(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35200(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35204(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35210(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379(Third Party Advisory)
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200905-05.xml(Third Party Advisory)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270268-1(Broken Link)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3549(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3639(Third Party Advisory)
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4435(Broken Link)
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1784(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:243(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0329.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1061.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1062.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34550(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-767-1(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-133A.html(Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1058(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1297(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1621(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=491384(Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10149(Third Party Advisory)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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