ubuntu-cve-2015-8947
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-07-19 00:00
Modified
2026-04-22 07:37
Summary
Details

hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh in HarfBuzz before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2052.

Severity
7.6 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0",
            "binary_version": "0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1"
          },
          {
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          },
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          },
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          },
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          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
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        "name": "harfbuzz",
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      },
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            },
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        }
      ],
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        "0.9.19-1ubuntu1",
        "0.9.24-2ubuntu1",
        "0.9.24-2ubuntu2",
        "0.9.24-2ubuntu3",
        "0.9.25-1ubuntu1",
        "0.9.26-3",
        "0.9.26-4",
        "0.9.27-1",
        "0.9.27-1ubuntu1"
      ]
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    {
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          {
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          {
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      },
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        }
      ],
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh in HarfBuzz before 1.0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (buffer over-read) or possibly have unspecified other impact via crafted data, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-2052.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8947",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:37:52Z",
  "published": "2016-07-19T00:00:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8947"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-146984679"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3067-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8947"
    }
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  ],
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  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2015-8947"
  ]
}



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