CVE-2016-1523

Summary

CVECVE-2016-1523
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-02-13 02:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-01 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 22 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.2.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.4.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.6.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.0.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.2.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.2.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.3.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.4.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.5.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox Esr 38.6.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Thunderbird All All All All
Application Sil Graphite2 1.2.4 All All All
Application Sil Graphite2 1.2.4 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3477-1 iceweasel DEBIAN www.debian.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0779-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Mozilla Firefox libgraphite Font Processing Flaw Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: graphite2-1.3.6-1.fc22 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Vulnerabilities in Graphite 2 — Mozilla CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0791-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2016:0875-1: important: Security update SUSE lists.opensuse.org
USN-2904-1: Thunderbird vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Mozilla Products: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201605-06) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0554-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2016:0564-1: important: Security update for SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Oracle Linux Bulletin - April 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Graphite: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-63) — Gentoo Security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Mozilla SeaMonkey: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-35) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: graphite2-1.3.5-1.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
Libgraphite Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Oracle Linux Bulletin - January 2016 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Access Denied CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org Issue Tracking
USN-2902-1: graphite2 vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Cisco's Talos Intelligence Group Blog: Vulnerability Spotlight: Libgraphite Font Processing Vulnerabilities MISC blog.talosintel.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3479-1 graphite2 DEBIAN www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3491-1 icedove DEBIAN www.debian.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710417 Gentoo Linux Graphite Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-63)
  • 710447 Gentoo Linux Mozilla SeaMonkey Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-35)
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