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CVE-2016-1523

Published: Feb 13, 2016 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
6.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
6.8 CRITICAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1523
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

The SillMap::readFace function in FeatureMap.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, mishandles a return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (missing initialization, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
FedoraFedoraproject22 (including)22 (including)
FedoraFedoraproject23 (including)23 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatfirefox-0:38.6.1-1.el5_11*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatthunderbird-0:38.6.0-1.el5_11*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatfirefox-0:38.6.1-1.el6_7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatthunderbird-0:38.6.0-1.el6_7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatfirefox-0:38.6.1-1.el7_2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatthunderbird-0:38.6.0-1.el7_2*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatgraphite2-0:1.3.6-1.el7_2*
Graphite2Ubuntudevel*
Graphite2Ubuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
Graphite2Ubuntuesm-infra/xenial*
Graphite2Ubuntuprecise*
Graphite2Ubuntutrusty*
Graphite2Ubuntutrusty/esm*
Graphite2Ubuntuupstream*
Graphite2Ubuntuvivid/stable-phone-overlay*
Graphite2Ubuntuwily*
Graphite2Ubuntuxenial*
Graphite2Ubuntuyakkety*
Graphite2Ubuntuzesty*
ThunderbirdUbuntudevel*
ThunderbirdUbuntuprecise*
ThunderbirdUbuntutrusty*
ThunderbirdUbuntuupstream*
ThunderbirdUbuntuvivid*
ThunderbirdUbuntuwily*
ThunderbirdUbuntuxenial*
ThunderbirdUbuntuyakkety*
ThunderbirdUbuntuzesty*

References

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