CVE-2016-1523 (GCVE-0-2016-1523)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-02-13 02:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:02
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
certcc CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 42/100 over 157 records in the last 180 days details
References
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http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035017 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
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https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-63 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfs… x_refsource_CONFIRM
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