CVE-2016-1523

NameCVE-2016-1523
DescriptionThe 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3477-1, DSA-3479-1, DSA-3491-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
graphite2 (PTS)bookworm, bullseye1.3.14-1fixed
sid, trixie1.3.14-2fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
graphite2sourcewheezy1.3.5-1~deb7u1DSA-3479-1
graphite2sourcejessie1.3.5-1~deb8u1DSA-3479-1
graphite2source(unstable)1.3.5-1
icedovesourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
icedovesourcewheezy38.6.0-1~deb7u1DSA-3491-1
icedovesourcejessie38.6.0-1~deb8u1DSA-3491-1
icedovesource(unstable)38.6.0-1
iceweaselsourcesqueeze(unfixed)end-of-life
iceweaselsourcewheezy38.6.1esr-1~deb7u1DSA-3477-1
iceweaselsourcejessie38.6.1esr-1~deb8u1DSA-3477-1
iceweaselsource(unstable)44.0-1

Notes

http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0059/
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.html
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-14/

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