CVE-2016-1977 describes a critical vulnerability in the Graphite 2 font rendering engine, specifically within the Machine::Code::decoder::analysis::set_ref function, affecting Mozilla Firefox versions prior to 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, as well as other products from OpenSUSE, Oracle, SIL, and SUSE. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service through stack memory corruption by enticing a user to open a specially crafted Graphite smart font. With a CVSS score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over a network with low attack complexity, requiring user interaction, and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
42.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:leap:42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:linux_enterprise:12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:oracle:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.1 Security Researcher mentions.