CVE-2016-1523

Medium

Description

The SillMap::readFace function in FeatureMap.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, mishandles a return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (missing initialization, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.5
Exploit probability—
ProductMozilla Firefox
PublishedFeb 13, 2016
First seenFeb 13, 2016

How to fix

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
mozilla firefox38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5, 38.1.0, 38.1.1, 38.2.0, 38.2.1, 38.3.0, 38.4.0, 38.5.0, 38.5.1, 38.5.2, 38.6.0—
fedoraproject fedora22, 23—
mozilla thunderbirdv ≤ 38.5.1—
sil graphite21.2.4—
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0—

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CVE-2016-1523 · Mozilla Firefox · Dark Radar