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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-1523: Security patch for graphite2 (ALAS-2016-696)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2016-1523: Security patch for graphite2 (ALAS-2016-696)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
02/12/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/03/2016
Modified
02/02/2018

Description

The SillMap::readFace function in FeatureMap.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, mishandles a return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (missing initialization, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade-graphite2

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