CVE-2016-1521

Publication date 8 February 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

8.8 · High

Score breakdown

The directrun function in directmachine.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, 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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
graphite2 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.3.5-1ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.3.5-1ubuntu1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.3.5-1ubuntu1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1.2.4-3ubuntu1.1
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package Patch details
graphite2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 8.8 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H