What is CVE-2016-1969?

CVE-2016-1969 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-03-13.

How severe is CVE-2016-1969?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Mozilla Firefox

CVE-2016-1969

The setAttr function in Graphite 2 before 1.3.6, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Graphite smart font.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.017 (74.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Mozilla Firefox — versions 38.0, 38.0.1, 38.0.5
Sil Graphite2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
security@mozilla.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
security@mozilla.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
security@mozilla.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-1969?: CVE-2016-1969 is a high-severity vulnerability in Mozilla Firefox, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 8.8/10. Published 2016-03-13.
How severe is CVE-2016-1969?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.8 out of 10.