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CVE-2016-1977 PUBLISHED

The Machine::Code::decoder::analysis::set_ref function 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 execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (stack memory corruption) via a crafted Graphite smart font.

EPSS 0.70% · 71.9th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.70%

71.9th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	firefox	36.0.4+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 24.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 25.0+build3-0ubuntu0.13.10.1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	thunderbird	1:38.6.0+build1-0ubuntu1, 1:38.5.1+build2-0ubuntu1, 1:38.3.0+build1-0ubuntu2
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	graphite2	1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1, 0, 1.2.3-1
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	graphite2	1.2.4-3ubuntu1, 1.3.5-1ubuntu1, 0
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	thunderbird	1:24.5.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:24.6.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, 1:31.0+build1-0ubuntu0.14.04.1

Timeline

Mar 8, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2022 EPSS Score
May 19, 2022 EPSS Score
Sep 1, 2022 EPSS Score
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Dec 14, 2022 EPSS Score
Feb 4, 2023 EPSS Score
Mar 28, 2023 EPSS Score
May 19, 2023 EPSS Score
Jul 10, 2023 EPSS Score
Aug 31, 2023 EPSS Score

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1977 third-party-advisory
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-37/ third-party-advisory
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1248876 third-party-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2917-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2927-1 vendor-advisory
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2934-1 vendor-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1977 third-party-advisory

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