CVE-2016-1521

8.8 HIGH
Published: February 13, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0
Vector String
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.html
Source: cret@cert.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177520.html
Source: cret@cert.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184623.html
Source: cret@cert.org
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00052.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00058.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00088.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0197.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0258.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0594.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3479
Source: cret@cert.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-14.html
Source: cret@cert.org
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82991
Source: cret@cert.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2902-1
Source: cret@cert.org
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
Source: cret@cert.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35
Source: cret@cert.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-63
Source: cret@cert.org
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177520.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184623.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00052.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00058.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00088.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0197.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0258.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0594.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3479
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-14.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82991
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2902-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-63
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

36 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
8.8 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.8%
75th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

sil debian fedoraproject mozilla

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