CVE-2016-2799

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CVSS 3.0

8.8 high

EPSS

5%p92

Published

Mar 13, 2016 (Mar 13, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the graphite2::Slot::setAttr 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 or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Graphite smart font.

Vendors: oracle opensuse suse mozilla sil
Products: linux, leap, opensuse, linux enterprise, firefox, graphite2
Weakness: CWE-119
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (4.9%)

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