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CVE-2015-8947

Published: 19 July 2016

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.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.6

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
harfbuzz
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
precise Does not exist

trusty
Released (0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1)
upstream
Released (1.2.6-1)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
xenial
Released (1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1)
yakkety Not vulnerable
(1.2.6-2)
zesty Not vulnerable
(1.2.6-2)
Patches:
upstream: https://cgit.freedesktop.org/harfbuzz/commit/?id=f96664974774bfeb237a7274f512f64aaafb201e

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.6
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H