Vulnerability in Google Chrome

CVE-2016-2052

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz before 1.0.6, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via crafted data, as demonstrated by a buffer over-read resulting from an inverted length check in hb-ot-font.cc, a different issue than CVE-2015-8947.

EPSS: 0.010 (57.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.6 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-2052?
CVE-2016-2052 is a high-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome. CVSS score: 7.6/10. Published 2016-01-25.
How severe is CVE-2016-2052?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-2052 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.