CVE-2016-1523

Publication date 8 February 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

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.

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
thunderbird 17.04 zesty
Fixed 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.15.10.1
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.12.04.1

Patch details

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Package Patch details
graphite2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-2904-1
    • Thunderbird vulnerabilities
    • 8 March 2016
    • USN-2902-1
    • graphite2 vulnerabilities
    • 17 February 2016

Other references