CVE-2016-2052

Summary

CVECVE-2016-2052
StatePUBLISHED
AssignerChrome
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-01-25 11:59:10 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 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

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


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.6HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
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

Legacy QID Mappings

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