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CVE-2016-2052

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2052 describes multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz versions prior to 1.0.6, impacting Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82. These flaws, exemplified by a buffer over-read, could lead to denial of service or other unspecified impacts. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.6 (High), successful exploitation requires user interaction and could result in partial confidentiality, integrity, and full availability compromise. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.0.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:harfbuzz_project:harfbuzz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 47.0.2526.106CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.6HIGH

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
LOW
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
2.8
Impact Score
4.7
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.96%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0096 is in the 59th percentile among its peer group of 14,825 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 SupplementaryFixed in: chromium-browser-0:48.0.2564.82-1.el6
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: harfbuzz

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-2052Moderate

chromium-browser: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz before 1.0.6

Jan 24, 2016

References

googlechromereleases.blogspot.com / 2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
code.google.com / p/chromium/issues/detail
github.com / behdad/harfbuzz/commit/63ef0b41dc48d6112d1918c1b1de9de8ea90adb5
github.com / behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201701-76
securityfocus.com / bid/81812
securitytracker.com / id/1034801
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2877-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-3067-1