The setAttr function in Graphite 2 before 1.3.6, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 45.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted Graphite smart font.
The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.
| Link | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242322 | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 | vdb entry |
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 | vendor advisory |
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-38.html | vendor advisory |