CVE-2016-2052

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2052
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-25 11:59:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:30:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Google Chrome All All All All
Application Harfbuzz Project Harfbuzz All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
HarfBuzz: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201701-76) — Gentoo Security security.gentoo.org
HarfBuzz CVE-2016-2052 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities www.securityfocus.com
Chrome Releases: Stable Channel Update googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
USN-2877-1: Oxide vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Issue 579625 - chromium - Tracking bug for internal fixes: Chrome M48, release 0 - Monorail code.google.com
Google Chrome Multiple Bugs Let Remote Users Obtain Information, Bypass Security Restrictions, Spoof URLs, and Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
[ot-font] Fix hmtx wrong table length check · harfbuzz/harfbuzz@63ef0b4 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
fuzzing harfbuzz · Issue #139 · behdad/harfbuzz · GitHub github.com
544270 - chromium - An open-source project to help move the web forward. - Monorail code.google.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:2082-1: moderate: Security update for harfbuzz SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
USN-3067-1: HarfBuzz vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
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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