UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1521

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1521
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1521.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1521
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Published
2016-02-08T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T07:34:00.387623Z
Severity
  • 8.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / graphite2

Package

Name
graphite2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/graphite2@1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.3-1
1.2.4-1
1.2.4-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphite2-3",
            "binary_version": "1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphite2-3-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphite2-3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphite2-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphite2-dev-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphite2-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / graphite2

Package

Name
graphite2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/graphite2@1.3.5-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.3.5-1ubuntu1

Affected versions

1.*

1.2.4-3ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphite2-3",
            "binary_version": "1.3.5-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphite2-3-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.3.5-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphite2-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.3.5-1ubuntu1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libgraphite2-doc",
            "binary_version": "1.3.5-1ubuntu1"
        }
    ]
}