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CVE-2016-1523 Detail

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.


Evaluator Description

CWE-476: NULL Pointer Dereference

Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177520.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184623.html CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00053.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00055.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00052.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00058.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-03/msg00088.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0197.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0258.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0594.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3477 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3479 CERT/CC, CVE Third Party Advisory 
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3491 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-14.html CERT/CC, CVE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/82991 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035017 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2902-1 CERT/CC, CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2904-1 CERT/CC, CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246093 CERT/CC, CVE Issue Tracking 
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 CERT/CC, CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-35 CERT/CC, CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-63 CERT/CC, CVE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-1523
NVD Published Date:
02/12/2016
NVD Last Modified:
04/12/2025
Source:
CERT/CC