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CVE-2016-2052

Published: Jan 25, 2016Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUNVD-CWE-noinfo
7.6HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
1.0%
Top 42.2%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz before 1.0.6, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via crafted data, as demonstrated by a buffer over-read resulting from an inverted length check in hb-ot-font.cc, a different issue than CVE-2015-8947.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:RS:UC:LI:LA:H
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:RUser Interaction
Required
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:LConfidentiality
Low
I:LIntegrity
Low
A:HAvailability
High
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-noinfo

Affected Products

harfbuzz project
oss-projectaka harfbuzz
harfbuzzLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
Google Inc
commercial·USaka google, google llc
Google ChromeOn-premDesktop App
Consumer Software / browser
Behdad Esfahbod
individual-dev
HarfBuzzLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html
googlechromereleases.blogspot.com
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
rhn.redhat.com
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