PT-2016-1423 · Mozilla+5 · Graphite 2+7
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Published
2016-03-07
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Updated
2024-12-12
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CVE-2016-2796
CVSS v3.1
8.8
High
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
Graphite 2 versions prior to 1.3.6
Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0
Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.7
Description
The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the
graphite2::vm::Machine::Code::Code function. This can be exploited by remote attackers using a crafted Graphite smart font, potentially leading to a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.Recommendations
For Graphite 2 versions prior to 1.3.6, update to version 1.3.6 or later.
For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0, update to version 45.0 or later.
For Firefox ESR versions prior to 38.7, update to version 38.7 or later.
Exploit
Fix
DoS
Buffer Overflow
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Weakness Enumeration
Related Identifiers
Affected Products
Alt Linux
Centos
Firefox Esr
Graphite 2
Firefox
Red Hat
Suse
Ubuntu