UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8947

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8947
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8947.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8947
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Published
2016-07-19T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:32Z
Severity
  • 7.6 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh in HarfBuzz before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2052.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / harfbuzz

Package

Name
harfbuzz
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/harfbuzz@0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.9.19-1
0.9.19-1ubuntu1
0.9.24-2ubuntu1
0.9.24-2ubuntu2
0.9.24-2ubuntu3
0.9.25-1ubuntu1
0.9.26-3
0.9.26-4
0.9.27-1
0.9.27-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0",
            "binary_version": "0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libharfbuzz-bin",
            "binary_version": "0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libharfbuzz-dev",
            "binary_version": "0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libharfbuzz-gobject0",
            "binary_version": "0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libharfbuzz-icu0",
            "binary_version": "0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libharfbuzz0b",
            "binary_version": "0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / harfbuzz

Package

Name
harfbuzz
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/harfbuzz@1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0.1-1build2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libharfbuzz-bin",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libharfbuzz-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libharfbuzz-gobject0",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libharfbuzz-icu0",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libharfbuzz0b",
            "binary_version": "1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ]
}