CVE-2016-2052
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2016-2052 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | Chrome |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2016-01-25 11:59:10 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| 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. |
Risk And Classification
Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.6 HIGH from [email protected]
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a
| Version | Source | Type | Score | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 7.6 | HIGH | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
| 2.0 | [email protected] | Primary | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
CVSS v3.0 Breakdown
Attack Vector
NetworkAttack Complexity
LowPrivileges Required
NoneUser Interaction
RequiredScope
UnchangedConfidentiality
LowIntegrity
LowAvailability
HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
NetworkAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
PartialIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | Chrome | All | All | All | All | |
| Application | Harfbuzz Project | Harfbuzz | All | All | All | All |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| HarfBuzz CVE-2016-2052 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securityfocus.com | |
| openSUSE-SU-2016:2082-1: moderate: Security update for harfbuzz | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | |
| Issue 579625 - chromium - Tracking bug for internal fixes: Chrome M48, release 0 - Monorail | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | code.google.com | |
| HarfBuzz: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-76) — Gentoo Security | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | security.gentoo.org | |
| USN-3067-1: HarfBuzz vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | googlechromereleases.blogspot.com | |
| [ot-font] Fix hmtx wrong table length check · harfbuzz/harfbuzz@63ef0b4 · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | |
| fuzzing harfbuzz · Issue #139 · behdad/harfbuzz · GitHub | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | github.com | |
| Red Hat Customer Portal | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | rhn.redhat.com | |
| Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Obtain Information, Bypass Security Restrictions, Spoof URLs, and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.securitytracker.com | |
| 544270 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | code.google.com | |
| USN-2877-1: Oxide vulnerabilities | Ubuntu | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.ubuntu.com | |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 710554 Gentoo Linux HarfBuzz Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-76)