CVE-2016-2052

7.6 HIGH
Published: January 25, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026
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Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz before 1.0.6, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via crafted data, as demonstrated by a buffer over-read resulting from an inverted length check in hb-ot-font.cc, a different issue than CVE-2015-8947.

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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:L/I:L/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81812
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034801
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2877-1
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=544270
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=579625
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/commit/63ef0b41dc48d6112d1918c1b1de9de8ea90adb5
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-148289957
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76
Source: chrome-cve-admin@google.com
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81812
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034801
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2877-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=544270
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=579625
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/commit/63ef0b41dc48d6112d1918c1b1de9de8ea90adb5
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-148289957
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
7.6 / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.4%
61th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

harfbuzz_project google