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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-2794): Thunderbird vulnerabilities

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Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-2794): Thunderbird vulnerabilities

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/13/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/13/2016
Modified
09/12/2020

Description

The graphite2::TtfUtil::CmapSubtable12NextCodepoint function in Graphite 2 before 1.3.6, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.7, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Graphite smart font.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-firefox
  • ubuntu-upgrade-libgraphite2-3
  • ubuntu-upgrade-thunderbird

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