usn-3067-1
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2016-08-24 13:31
Modified
2026-04-22 07:36
Summary
harfbuzz vulnerabilities
Details

Kostya Serebryany discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8947)

It was discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled certain length checks. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2052)

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  "details": "Kostya Serebryany discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled memory. A\nremote attacker could use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to crash, resulting\nin a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8947)\n\nIt was discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled certain length checks.\nA remote attacker could use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\nThis issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2052)\n",
  "id": "USN-3067-1",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:36:33Z",
  "published": "2016-08-24T13:31:59Z",
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}



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