CVE-2016-2794Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox

Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.9%
top 24.67%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Timeline
PublishedMar 13
Latest updateMay 13

Description

The graphite2::TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12NextCodepoint 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 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-2vfc-ww3w-459q: The graphite2::TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12NextCodepoint function in Graphite 2 before 12022-05-13
CVEList
CVE-2016-2794: The graphite2::TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12NextCodepoint function in Graphite 2 before 12016-03-13
OSV
CVE-2016-2794: The graphite2::TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12NextCodepoint function in Graphite 2 before 12016-03-13

💥Exploits & PoCs

1
Exploit-DB
DotNetNuke 07.04.00 - Administration Authentication Bypass2016-05-06

📋Vendor Advisories

5
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
Debian
CVE-2016-2794: firefox - The graphite2::TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12NextCodepoint function in Graphite 2 befor...2016
CVE-2016-2794 — Mozilla Firefox vulnerability | cvebase