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Critical
CVE-2015-7203
Buffer overflow in the DirectWriteFontInfo::LoadFontFamilyData function in gfx/thebes/gfxDWriteFontList.cpp in Mozilla...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in the DirectWriteFontInfo::LoadFontFamilyData function in gfx/thebes/gfxDWriteFontList.cpp in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 might allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted font-family name.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2015/mfsa2015-144.html
- https://hg.mozilla.org/mozilla-central/rev/e1bcc04808cc
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201512-10
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00104.html
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1201183
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00008.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174253.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2833-1
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79280
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00007.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-December/174083.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034426
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Affected Vendor
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View all reports →Affected Software
firefox, fedora, leap, opensuse
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 22, 23, 42.1, 13.1, 13.2
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 16th, 2015
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.