CVE-2016-2801 is a high-severity buffer over-read vulnerability in the graphite2 library, specifically within the TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12Lookup function. This flaw, affecting products like Mozilla Firefox, OpenSUSE, Oracle, SIL, and SUSE, allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts through a crafted Graphite smart font. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8, it has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.3.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sil:graphite2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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