7.6
HIGH
CVE-2015-8947
HarfBuzz Denial of Service (Multiple Buffer Over-Read Vulnerability)
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 vulnerability than CVE-2016-2052.

INFO

Published Date :

July 19, 2016, 10:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:39 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-8947 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Harfbuzz_project harfbuzz

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-8947 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-8947 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92039
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1
    Added Reference https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/commit/f96664974774bfeb237a7274f512f64aaafb201e
    Added Reference https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-146984679
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00022.html
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 17, 2019

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00022.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 05, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 01, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92039 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 19, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:harfbuzz_project:harfbuzz:1.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 19, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

3.87 }} 0.29%

score

0.91663

percentile

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