CVE-2016-1523

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Published 2016-02-13 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
6.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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 Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1523

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cret@cert.org — http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-14.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed1.3.5-1
debian debianbullseyefixed1.3.5-1
debian debianforkyfixed1.3.5-1
debian debiansidfixed1.3.5-1
debian debiantrixiefixed1.3.5-1
debian debian7.0affected
debian debian8.0affected
fedora fedora22affected
fedora fedora23affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.0.5
mozilla mozillafirefox38.1.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.1.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.2.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.2.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.3.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.4.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.5.0
mozilla mozillafirefox38.5.1
mozilla mozillafirefox38.5.2
mozilla mozillafirefox38.6.0
mozilla mozillathunderbird{"endIncluding":"38.5.1"}
silgraphite21.2.4

References

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