CVE-2016-2797 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Mozilla Firefox
CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer10 documents7 sources
Severity
8.8HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.6%
top 31.62%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedMar 13
Latest updateMay 13
Description
The graphite2::TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12Lookup 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, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2801.
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
Also affects: Linux Enterprise 12.0
🔴Vulnerability Details
3GHSA▶
GHSA-7722-mg32-4c33: The graphite2::TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12Lookup function in Graphite 2 before 1↗2022-05-13
CVEList▶
CVE-2016-2797: The graphite2::TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12Lookup function in Graphite 2 before 1↗2016-03-13
OSV▶
CVE-2016-2797: The graphite2::TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12Lookup function in Graphite 2 before 1↗2016-03-13