CVE-2015-8947

Summary

CVECVE-2015-8947
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-07-19 10:59:00 UTC
Updated2018-01-05 02:30:00 UTC
Descriptionhb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh in HarfBuzz before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2052.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Harfbuzz Project Harfbuzz All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
HarfBuzz: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-76) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
HarfBuzz CVE-2015-8947 Denial of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
fuzzing harfbuzz · Issue #139 · behdad/harfbuzz · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
Fix another memory access issue discovered by libFuzzer · behdad/harfbuzz@f966649 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
USN-3067-1: HarfBuzz vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:2082-1: moderate: Security update for harfbuzz SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 2040-1] harfbuzz security update MLIST lists.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710554 Gentoo Linux HarfBuzz Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-76)
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