CVE-2015-8947

HIGH

HarfBuzz < 1.0.4 - Buffer Over-Read in hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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 (8)

Core 8
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92039
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00022.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.6
EPSS 0.0245
EPSS Percentile 82.4%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (1)
harfbuzz_project/harfbuzz < 1.0.4
Published Jul 19, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026