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CVE-2016-1526

graphite2: Out-of-bounds read vulnerability in TfUtil:LocaLookup

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

5.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 5, 2016

Updated · November 21, 2025

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

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CWE-125 · Out-of-bounds Read