SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-2791

The graphite2::GlyphCache::glyph function in Graphite 2 before 1.3.6, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other…

HIGH 8.8EPSS 2.27%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The graphite2::GlyphCache::glyph function in Graphite 2 before 1.3.6, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact 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
2.27% probability · 82th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
opensuse/leap · opensuse/opensuse · suse/linux enterprise · mozilla/firefox · oracle/linux · sil/graphite2
Source
security@mozilla.org

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.