CVE-2015-8947
high
CVSS v3
7.6
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
No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| sles | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1.2.6-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.2.6-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.2.6-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.2.6-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.2.6-1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| harfbuzz_project | harfbuzz | {"endIncluding":"1.0.4"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-8947.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92039
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1
- https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/commit/f96664974774bfeb237a7274f512f64aaafb201e
- https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-146984679
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00022.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-8947
CWEs
CWE-119
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.