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CVE-2016-1521

CVSS v3.0 8.8 (High)
88% Progress
CVSS v2.0 6.8 (Medium)
68% Progress
EPSS 2.07 % (89th)
2.07% Progress
Affected Products 6
Advisories 15
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The directrun function in directmachine.cpp in Libgraphite in Graphite 2 1.2.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6.1, does not validate a certain skip operation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.

Weaknesses
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE Status
PUBLISHED
CNA
CERT/CC
Published Date
2016-02-13 02:59:06
(8 years ago)
Updated Date
2017-07-01 01:29:33
(7 years ago)

Affected Products

Debian

Fedoraproject

Mozilla

Sil

Configuration #1

    CPE23 From Up To
  Debian Linux 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0
  Debian Linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Configuration #2

    CPE23 From Up To
  Sil Graphite2 1.2.4 and prior versions cpe:2.3:a:sil:graphite2 <= 1.2.4

Configuration #3

    CPE23 From Up To
  Mozilla Firefox 42.0 and prior versions cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox <= 42.0
  Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.1
  Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.0.5
  Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.0
  Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.1.1
  Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.0
  Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.2.1
  Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.3.0
  Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.4.0
  Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.0
  Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.1
  Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.5.2
  Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox_esr:38.6.0

Configuration #4

    CPE23 From Up To
  Mozilla Thunderbird 38.5.1 and prior versions cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:thunderbird <= 38.5.1

Configuration #5

    CPE23 From Up To
  Fedoraproject Fedora 22 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:22
  Fedoraproject Fedora 23 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23