{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1522","details":"Code.cpp in Libgraphite in Graphite 2 1.2.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6.1, does not consider recursive load calls during a size check, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Graphite smart font.","modified":"2026-04-22T10:31:01.512170Z","published":"2016-02-08T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2902-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-1522"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1522"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0057/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.talosintel.com/reports/TALOS-2016-0060/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://blog.talosintel.com/2016/02/vulnerability-spotlight-libgraphite.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2902-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1522"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"graphite2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/graphite2@1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1"}]}],"versions":["1.2.3-1","1.2.4-1","1.2.4-1ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libgraphite2-3","binary_version":"1.2.4-1ubuntu1.1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1522.json"}},{"package":{"name":"graphite2","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/graphite2@1.3.5-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.3.5-1ubuntu1"}]}],"versions":["1.2.4-3ubuntu1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libgraphite2-3","binary_version":"1.3.5-1ubuntu1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1522.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}