CVE-2015-8947

high
Published 2016-07-19 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
7.6
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
VIR risk
7.6

Description

hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh in HarfBuzz before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2052.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
84%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
suse slesaffected
debian debianbookwormfixed1.2.6-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.2.6-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.2.6-1
debian debiansidfixed1.2.6-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.2.6-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
harfbuzz_projectharfbuzz{"endIncluding":"1.0.4"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.