| Name | CVE-2016-1521 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-3479-1 |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| graphite2 (PTS) | bookworm, bullseye | 1.3.14-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.3.14-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| graphite2 | source | wheezy | 1.3.5-1~deb7u1 | DSA-3479-1 | ||
| graphite2 | source | jessie | 1.3.5-1~deb8u1 | DSA-3479-1 | ||
| graphite2 | source | (unstable) | 1.3.5-1 |
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0058/
http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0061/
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.html