High
Security advisory
Heap-based buffer overflow in the graphite2::vm::Machine::Code::Code 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.
- Products
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- Affected versions
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- Fixed versions
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- CVEs
- CVE-2016-2796
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 04:17 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Heap-based buffer overflow in the graphite2::vm::Machine::Code::Code 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.
osv:CVE-2016-2796
Complete source record
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