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CVE-2015-8947

Publication date 19 July 2016

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.6 · High

Score breakdown

hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh in HarfBuzz before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2052.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
harfbuzz 17.04 zesty
Not affected
16.10 yakkety
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1
12.04 LTS precise Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
harfbuzz

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.6 · High
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact Low
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-3067-1
    • HarfBuzz vulnerabilities
    • 24 August 2016

Other references