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CVE-2016-1977

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2016-03-08 graphite2 -- multiple vulnerabilities

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2016-1977
Phase Assigned(20160120)

Description

The Machine::Code::decoder::analysis::set_ref function in Graphite 2 before 1.3.6, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) via a crafted Graphite smart font.

References

Source Reference
CONFIRM http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-37.html
CONFIRM https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1248876
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2016:0894
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2016:1767
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2016:1769
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2016:1778