CVE-2016-1522
8.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 2.4%
Description
Code.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 consider recursive load calls during a size check, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Graphite smart font.
How to fix CVE-2016-1522
To remediate CVE-2016-1522, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/graphite2—upgrade to 1.3.5-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-1522 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 2.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1.3.5-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |