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CVE-2015-8947 json

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 hav…

published 2016-07-19 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2015-8803

cvss
7.6
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.6%
EPSS 2.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 85%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • harfbuzz Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.6-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-8947

  • harfbuzz Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1
  • harfbuzz Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8947

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • chromium-browser RHEL 6 EXTRAS 48.0.2564.82-1.el6

red hat advisories RHSA-2016:0072

  • libreoffice SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 5.3.5.2-43.5.4
  • libzmf SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3 0.0.1-4.1
  • libmwaw SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 0.3.11-7.5.1
  • libixion SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 0.12.1-13.2.1
  • liborcus SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP3 0.12.1-10.5.1
  • libstaroffice SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3 0.0.3-4.1
  • myspell-dictionaries SLED 12 SP3, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP3 20170511-16.2.1
  • libreoffice SLED 12 SP2, SLE Workstation Extension 12 SP2, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP2 5.3.3.2-40.5.9

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2017:2315-1SUSE-SU-2017:1821-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-8947 updated cvss 5.1

chromium-browser: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz before 1.0.6

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 harfbuzz, harfbuzz-icu
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 48.0.2564.82-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 48.0.2564.82-1.el6 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6) chromium-browser 48.0.2564.82-1.el6
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0072

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Exploit prediction

2.55% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 85% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.6 CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.5 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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