Security advisory

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  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-1709",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-1709",
    "summary": "Heap-based buffer overflow in the ByteArray::Get method in data/byte_array.cc in Google sfntly before 2016-06-10, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SFNT font.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-1709",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
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          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
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              "repo": "https://github.com/googlefonts/sfntly",
              "type": "GIT",
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                  "fixed": "468cad540fa1b0027cad60456f53feabecdce2bc"
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                  "fixed": "c56b85408bab232efd7e650f0994272a174e3b92"
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                    "source": "REFERENCES_COMMIT"
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          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-1709.json",
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                },
                "source": "https://github.com/googlefonts/sfntly/commit/c56b85408bab232efd7e650f0994272a174e3b92",
                "target": {
                  "file": "cpp/src/sfntly/data/byte_array.cc"
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                "source": "https://github.com/googlefonts/sfntly/commit/c56b85408bab232efd7e650f0994272a174e3b92",
                "target": {
                  "file": "cpp/src/sfntly/data/byte_array.cc",
                  "function": "ByteArray::Get"
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            "vanir_signatures_modified": "2026-10-20T13:27:19Z"
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      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-20T13:27:19.639079203Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://crbug.com/614934",
        "https://github.com/googlei18n/sfntly/commit/468cad540fa1b0027cad60456f53feabecdce2bc",
        "https://github.com/googlei18n/sfntly/commit/c56b85408bab232efd7e650f0994272a174e3b92",
        "https://github.com/googlei18n/sfntly/pull/56"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
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            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
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            "vendor_product": "google:chrome",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
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                    "last_affected": "51.0.2704.106"
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                "source": "CPE_RANGE"
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            ]
          },
          {
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
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                    "fixed": "2016-06-10"
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                    "fixed": "52.0.2743.82"
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                ],
                "source": "DESCRIPTION"
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    },
    "related_cves": [
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        "value": "CVE-2016-1709",
        "evidence": "/id"
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    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 387703,
  "published_at": "2016-07-23T19:59:05.513+00:00"
}