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CVE-2016-1523

Description

The SillMap::readFace function in FeatureMap.cpp in Libgraphite in Graphite 2 1.2.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6.1, mishandles a return value, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (missing initialization, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.

POC

Reference

- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinapr2016-2952096.html

- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinjan2016-2867209.html

- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1246093

Github

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