CVE-2016-1521
high-risk
Published 2016-02-13
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.
Do I need to act?
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0.85% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (19)
Affected Vendors
References (36)
Third Party Advisory
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177520.h...
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184623.html
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3479
Third Party Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-14.html
Third Party Advisory
http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.html
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177520.h...
and 16 more references
52
/ 100
high-risk
Severity
30/34 · Critical
Exploitability
3/34 · Minimal
Exposure
19/34 · Moderate