VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2015-8947
hb-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.
HIGH 7.6EPSS 2.45%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.45%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
hb-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.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.6 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.45% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- harfbuzz project/harfbuzz
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92039
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1
- https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/commit/f96664974774bfeb237a7274f512f64aaafb201e
- https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-146984679
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92039
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1
- https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/commit/f96664974774bfeb237a7274f512f64aaafb201e
- https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-146984679
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.