CVE-2015-8947
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
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.55% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 84.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.6 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-07-19 10:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 08:36Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-07-18
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d8541a56b0e81119b8ac64fa2e0a95695f2b7149bf427e7559ac40d227706883
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:0072http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/commit/f96664974774bfeb237a7274f512f64aaafb201e
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-76https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76
- www.securityfocus.com92039http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92039
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-3067-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2082http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-146984679
- lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20191217 [SECURITY] [DLA 2040-1] harfbuzz security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00022.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- harfbuzz Fixed in 1.2.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- harfbuzz Fixed in 1.2.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- harfbuzz Fixed in 1.2.6-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- harfbuzz Fixed in 0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- harfbuzz Fixed in 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.