CVE-2016-1521

CVE Details

Release Date:	2016-02-05
Impact:	Important	What is this?

Description

The directrun function in directmachine.cpp in Libgraphite in Graphite2 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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	6.8
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-0197	2016-02-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-0197	2016-02-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (firefox)	ELSA-2016-0197	2016-02-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (graphite2)	ELSA-2016-0594	2016-04-05