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medium 6.5

CVE-2016-1523 json

The SillMap::readFace function in FeatureMap.cpp in Libgraphite in Graphite 2 1.2.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 and Firefox ESR…

published 2016-02-13 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2618

cvss
6.5
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.3%
EPSS 2.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 83%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The SillMap::readFace function in FeatureMap.cpp in Libgraphite in Graphite 2 1.2.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6.1, mishandles a return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (missing initialization, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.

Patch / fix

  • graphite2 Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.3.5-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1523

  • graphite2 Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1
  • graphite2 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.3.5-1ubuntu1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
  • thunderbird Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1523

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  • firefox RHEL 5 38.6.1-1.el5_11
  • firefox RHEL 6 38.6.1-1.el6_7
  • firefox RHEL 7 38.6.1-1.el7_2
  • graphite2 RHEL 7 1.3.6-1.el7_2
  • thunderbird RHEL 5 PRODUCTIVITY, RHEL 5 38.6.0-1.el5_11
  • thunderbird RHEL 6 38.6.0-1.el6_7
  • thunderbird RHEL 7 38.6.0-1.el7_2

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0197RHSA-2016:0594RHSA-2016:0258

  • graphite2 SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12 SP1 +5 more 1.3.1-6.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4, SLED 11 SP4 +1 more 38.6.1esr-34.1
  • MozillaFirefox SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12 SP1 +5 more 38.6.1esr-60.1
  • mozilla-nss SLES 11 SP2-LTSS 3.20.2-17.5
  • MozillaFirefox SLES 11 SP2-LTSS 38.6.1esr-33.1
  • MozillaFirefox-branding-SLED SLES 11 SP2-LTSS 38-15.58

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0779-1SUSE-SU-2016:0584-1SUSE-SU-2016:0564-1SUSE-SU-2016:0554-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-1523 updated cvss 6.8

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

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) firefox 38.6.1-1.el5_11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client (v. 7) firefox 38.6.1-1.el7_2, graphite2 1.3.6-1.el7_2, thunderbird 38.6.0-1.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Client Optional (v. 7) firefox 38.6.1-1.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0197
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode (v. 7) graphite2 1.3.6-1.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ComputeNode Optional (v. 7) graphite2-devel 1.3.6-1.el7_2, graphite2-debuginfo 1.3.6-1.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0594
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) firefox 38.6.1-1.el5_11, thunderbird 38.6.0-1.el5_11 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6) firefox 38.6.1-1.el6_7, thunderbird 38.6.0-1.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6) firefox 38.6.1-1.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6) firefox 38.6.1-1.el6_7
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0197
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Optional Productivity Applications (v. 5 server) thunderbird 38.6.0-1.el5_11
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0258
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6) firefox 38.6.1-1.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) firefox 38.6.1-1.el7_2, graphite2 1.3.6-1.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6) firefox 38.6.1-1.el6_7, thunderbird 38.6.0-1.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) firefox 38.6.1-1.el7_2, thunderbird 38.6.0-1.el7_2 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) firefox 38.6.1-1.el6_7, thunderbird 38.6.0-1.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) firefox 38.6.1-1.el7_2, graphite2 1.3.6-1.el7_2, thunderbird 38.6.0-1.el7_2
    +2 more products
    Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6) firefox 38.6.1-1.el6_7 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) firefox 38.6.1-1.el7_2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0197

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Exploit prediction

2.32% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 6.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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