mozilla: out-of-bounds write with malicious font in graphite2 (MFSA 2016-38)
Published Mar 13, 2016
8.8
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 1.67%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 2
- ≤ 44.0.2
- 38.0
- 38.0.1
- 38.0.5
- 38.1.0
- 38.1.1
- 38.2.0
- 38.2.1
- 38.3.0
- 38.4.0
- 38.5.0
- 38.5.1
- 38.6.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el5_11
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0197
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el6_7
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0197
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el7_2
Fixed · RHSA-2016:0197
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
thunderbird
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
thunderbird
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el5_11 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0197 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el6_7 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0197 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | firefox-0:38.6.1-1.el7_2 | Fixed | RHSA-2016:0197 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | thunderbird | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.67% (0.01665) | 75.85th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.67% (0.01665) | 73.59th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.55% (0.00546) | 65.16th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.66% (0.01658) | 70.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.55% (0.00546) | 65.82th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 79.64th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 78.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.62% (0.00624) | 75.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-38.html x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1969 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242322 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317560 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1969
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1969
- https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-38/
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2016/mfsa2016-38.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035215 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1969 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1242322 | x_refsource_CONFIRM | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1317560 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1969 | ||
| https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-06 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO | |
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1969 | ||
| https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/security/advisories/mfsa2016-38/ |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.