CVE-2016-1523
medium
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS v2
4.3
VIR risk
6.5
Description
The SillMap::readFace function in FeatureMap.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, mishandles a return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (missing initialization, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
75%
Patch ETA
—
Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1523
Vendor advisory: cret@cert.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-14.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| mozilla | firefox | 38.0 | |
| 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"} | |
| sil | graphite2 | 1.2.4 | |
References
- 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/2016-02/msg00053.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00055.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-3477
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3479
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3491
- 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.securitytracker.com/id/1035017
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2902-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2904-1
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246093
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-63
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.