UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8947

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8947

    Published: 19 Jul 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2015-8947
    Aliases:
    USN-3067-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8947, https://github.com/behdad/harfbuzz/issues/139#issuecomment-146984679, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3067-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-8947

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: harfbuzz

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1

    Affected versions

    0.9.19-1
    0.9.19-1ubuntu1
    0.9.24-2ubuntu1
    0.9.24-2ubuntu2
    0.9.24-2ubuntu3
    0.9.25-1ubuntu1
    0.9.26-3
    0.9.26-4
    0.9.27-1
    0.9.27-1ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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