CVE-2016-1522
Code.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, does not consider recursive load calls during a size check, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (8.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Code.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, does not consider recursive load calls during a size check, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Graphite smart font.
- CVSS 3.0
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 8.31% probability · 95th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora · mozilla/firefox · mozilla/thunderbird · debian/debian linux · sil/graphite2
- Source
- cret@cert.org
References
- http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177520.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184623.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00058.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0197.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0258.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0594.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3479Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-14.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82991
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2902-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-63
- http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.htmlExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177520.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184623.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00058.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0197.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0258.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0594.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3479Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-14.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82991
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2902-1
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-63
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.