CVE-2016-2793

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Graphite 2 versions prior to 1.3.6 Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0 Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.x versions prior to 38.7

Description The issue is caused by a buffer overflow in the CachedCmap.cpp component of Graphite 2, a rendering tool used in Mozilla Firefox and Firefox ESR. This can be exploited by a remote attacker using a specially crafted Graphite smart font, potentially leading to a denial of service or other unspecified impacts.

Recommendations For Graphite 2 versions prior to 1.3.6, update to version 1.3.6 or later to resolve the issue. For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0, update to version 45.0 or later to resolve the issue. For Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.x versions prior to 38.7, update to version 38.7 or later to resolve the issue.