7.6
HIGH
CVE-2016-2052
Google Chrome HarfBuzz Buffer Over-Read Vuln
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.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 25, 2016, 11:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:30 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.7

Exploitability Score :

2.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2052 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 Google chrome
1 Harfbuzz_project harfbuzz

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-2052 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Chrome https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=544270 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=579625 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2877-1 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034801 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81812 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-148289957 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/commit/63ef0b41dc48d6112d1918c1b1de9de8ea90adb5 [No types assigned]
    Added Reference Chrome http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=579625
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=544270
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/commit/63ef0b41dc48d6112d1918c1b1de9de8ea90adb5
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-148289957
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81812
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0072.html
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034801
    Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2877-1
    Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-76
  • 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]

    Dec. 07, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034801 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2877-1 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Dec. 06, 2016

    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]

    Nov. 28, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/81812 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3067-1 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-08/msg00070.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
  • CVE Translated by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Translation Múltiples vulnerabilidades no especificadas en HarfBuzz en versiones anteriores a 1.0.6, tal como se utiliza en Google Chrome en versiones anteriores a 48.0.2564.82, permiten a atacantes provocar una denegación de servicio o posiblemente tener otro impacto a través de vectores desconocidos.
    Added Translation Múltiples vulnerabilidades no especificadas en HarfBuzz en versiones anteriores a 1.0.6, tal como se utiliza en Google Chrome en versiones anteriores a 48.0.2564.82, permiten a atacantes provocar una denegación de servicio o posiblemente tener otro impacto a través de datos manipulados, como se demuestra por una sobre lectura del buffer como resultado de una comprobación de longitud invertida en hb-ot-font.cc, una cuestión diferente de CVE-2015-8947.
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jul. 20, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed 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 unknown vectors. 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.
    Added Reference https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/commit/63ef0b41dc48d6112d1918c1b1de9de8ea90adb5
    Added Reference https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-148289957
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:harfbuzz_project:harfbuzz:1.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:47.0.2526.106:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (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
    Changed Reference Type http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html No Types Assigned http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/01/stable-channel-update_20.html Advisory
    Added CWE NVD-CWE-noinfo
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2052 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2052 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.84 }} -0.28%

score

0.80142

percentile

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