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CVE-2016-2801

graphite2: multiple font parsing vulnerabilities (Mozilla MFSA 2016-37)

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

6.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · March 8, 2016

Updated · January 9, 2026

Description

The graphite2::TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12Lookup function in TtfUtil.cpp in Graphite 2 before 1.3.6, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Graphite smart font, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2797.

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 not specified