vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-3063-1 (CVE-2016-5384): Fontconfig vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 12, 2016
Added
Aug 22, 2016
Modified
Apr 14, 2025

Description

Tobias Stoeckmann discovered that Fontconfig incorrectly handled cache
files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue with a specially
crafted cache file to elevate privileges.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-fontconfigubuntu-upgrade-libfontconfig1
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