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Ubuntu: USN-2833-1 (CVE-2015-7203): Firefox vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: USN-2833-1 (CVE-2015-7203): Firefox vulnerabilities

Severity
10
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/15/2015
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/18/2015
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

Buffer overflow in the DirectWriteFontInfo::LoadFontFamilyData function in gfx/thebes/gfxDWriteFontList.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted font-family name.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox

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