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.
Published · last modified .
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.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.0th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.010 · newest: 0.010 · change: 0.000
Affected products
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail
- code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html (vendor-advisory)
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2877-1 (vendor-advisory)
- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1034801 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/81812 (vdb-entry)
- github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1 (vendor-advisory)
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.