CVE-2015-8947

Publication date 19 July 2016

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
harfbuzz	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Fixed 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Fixed 0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
harfbuzz	Upstream: ?id=f96

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.6 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	Low
Integrity impact	Low
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-3067-1
HarfBuzz vulnerabilities
24 August 2016