CVE-2016-2794

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 20
Modified
Published: 13 Mar 2016, 18:00
Last modified:05 Aug 2024, 23:32

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.3 HIGH
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.88% LOW
1% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

13 Mar 2016, 18:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
05 Aug 2024, 23:32
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The graphite2::TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12NextCodepoint function in Graphite 2 before 1.3.6, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Graphite smart font.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•HIGH•Score: 8.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 9.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.88%• Percentile: 76%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-119•Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

    The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.

Affected Systems

  • mozilla•firefox

    ≤ 44.0.2 | 38.0 | 38.0.1 | 38.0.5 | 38.1.0 | 38.1.1 | 38.2.0 | 38.2.1 | 38.3.0 | 38.4.0 | 38.5.0 | 38.5.1 | 38.6.0 | 38.6.1

  • opensuse•leap

    42.1

  • opensuse•opensuse

    13.1 | 13.2

  • oracle•linux

    5.0 | 6 | 7

  • sil•graphite2

    ≤ 1.3.5

  • suse•linux_enterprise

    12.0

References (26)