CVE-2016-1969
mozilla: out-of-bounds write with malicious font in graphite2 (MFSA 2016-38)
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · March 8, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The setAttr function in Graphite 2 before 1.3.6, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Graphite smart font.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CWE-787 · Out-of-bounds Write