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CVE-2016-1709

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Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the ByteArray::Get method in data/byte_array.cc in Google sfntly before 2016-06-10, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SFNT font.

References

https://github.com/googlei18n/sfntly/pull/56

https://github.com/googlei18n/sfntly/commit/c56b85408bab232efd7e650f0994272a174e3b92

https://github.com/googlei18n/sfntly/commit/468cad540fa1b0027cad60456f53feabecdce2bc

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-2804

https://crbug.com/614934

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2016-07-23

Updated: 2026-05-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.01504

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