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CVE-2016-1523

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2016-02-09	graphite2 -- code execution vulnerability

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CVE-2016-1523 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2016-1523
Phase	Assigned(20160107)

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.

References

Source	Reference
MISC	http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.html
CONFIRM	http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-14.html
CONFIRM	https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246093
DEBIAN	DSA-3479
FEDORA	FEDORA-2016-338a7e9925
FEDORA	FEDORA-2016-4154a4d0ba