DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1521

DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1521 PUBLISHED CVSS 8.800000190734863 HIGH

The directrun function in directmachine.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, does not validate a certain skip operation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.

Risk Scores

CVSS v3.0

8.800000190734863

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Debian:12	graphite2	0, 0, 0
Debian:13	graphite2	0, 0, 0
Debian:11	graphite2	0, 0, 0
Debian	graphite2
Debian:14	graphite2	0, 0, 0

Timeline

Feb 13, 2016 CVE Published
Apr 28, 2026 CVE Updated

References

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1521 advisory

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