CVE-2016-1523

graphite2: Heap-based buffer overflow in context item handling functionality

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 5, 2016

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A vulnerability has been discovered in Graphite2. An attacker able to trick an unsuspecting user into opening specially crafted font files in an application using Graphite2 could exploit these flaws to cause the application to crash or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the application.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CWE-122 · Heap-based Buffer Overflow