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CVE-2015-8947
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…
High7.6EPSS 2.6%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.6 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.6% · top 15% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (8)
- RHSA-2016:0072 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/commit/f96664974774bfeb237a7274f512f64aaafb201e (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201701-76 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- 92039 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- USN-3067-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2016:2082 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-146984679 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [debian-lts-announce] 20191217 [SECURITY] [DLA 2040-1] harfbuzz security update (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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