PT-2016-1428

CVE-2016-2791

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Published

2016-03-07

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Updated

2024-10-22

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CVSS 3.1
8.8
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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 graphite2::GlyphCache::glyph function of Graphite 2, which is 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. For Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0, update to version 45.0 or later. For Mozilla Firefox ESR 38.x versions prior to 38.7, update to version 38.7 or later.
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