Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201615210000000
Revision Date:2016-02-13Version:1
Title:CVE-2016-1521 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - medium.
Description:The directrun function in directmachine.cpp in Libgraphite in Graphite 2 1.2.4, as used in Mozilla Firefox before 43.0 and Firefox ESR 38.x before 38.6.1, does not validate a certain skip operation, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, obtain sensitive information, or cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) via a crafted Graphite smart font.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2016-1521
Platform(s):Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) is installed.
  • AND graphite2 package in xenial was vulnerable but has been fixed (note: '1.3.5-1ubuntu1').
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