CVE-2016-2792Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.54%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 13
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The graphite2::Slot::getAttr function in Slot.cpp 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2800.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages6 packages

Debiansil/graphite2< 1.3.6-1+3
NVDsil/graphite21.3.5
NVDmozilla/firefox44.0.2+13
NVDoracle/linux5.0, 6, 7+2
NVDopensuse/leap42.1

Also affects: Linux Enterprise 12.0

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-gp94-h5cv-4hh6: The graphite2::Slot::getAttr function in Slot2022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2016-2792: The graphite2::Slot::getAttr function in Slot2016-03-13
OSV
CVE-2016-2792: The graphite2::Slot::getAttr function in Slot2016-03-13

📋Vendor Advisories

6
Ubuntu
Thunderbird vulnerabilities2016-04-27
Ubuntu
graphite2 vulnerabilities2016-03-14
Ubuntu
Firefox vulnerabilities2016-03-09
Red Hat
graphite2: multiple font parsing vulnerabilities (Mozilla MFSA 2016-37)2016-03-08
Red Hat
graphite2: multiple font parsing vulnerabilities (Mozilla MFSA 2016-37)2016-03-08
CVE-2016-2792 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase