CVE-2016-1521
Description
The directrun function in directmachine.cpp in Libgraphite in Graphite 2 1.2.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6.1, does not validate a certain skip operation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.
Predictions
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 | 1.3.5-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1.3.5-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1.3.5-1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1.3.5-1 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 1.3.5-1 |
| debian | 7.0 | affected | |
| debian | 8.0 | affected | |
| fedora | 22 | affected | |
| fedora | 23 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| sil | graphite2 | {"endIncluding":"1.2.4"} | |
| mozilla | firefox | {"endIncluding":"42.0"} | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.0.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.0.5 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.1.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.1.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.2.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.2.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.3.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.4.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.5.0 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.5.1 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.5.2 | |
| mozilla | firefox | 38.6.0 | |
| mozilla | thunderbird | {"endIncluding":"38.5.1"} | |
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1521.html
- http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177520.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184623.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00052.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00058.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00088.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0197.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0258.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0594.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3479
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-14.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82991
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2902-1
- https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05390722
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-63
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1521
CWEs
CWE-119
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Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.