{"id":"USN-3067-1","summary":"harfbuzz vulnerabilities","details":"Kostya Serebryany discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled memory. A\nremote attacker could use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to crash, resulting\nin a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8947)\n\nIt was discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled certain length checks.\nA remote attacker could use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to crash,\nresulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code.\nThis issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2052)\n","modified":"2026-02-10T04:41:02Z","published":"2016-08-24T13:31:59Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8947","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2052"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-8947","CVE-2016-2052","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-8947","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2052"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3067-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-8947"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2052"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"harfbuzz","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/harfbuzz@0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1"}]}],"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"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0"},{"binary_version":"0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libharfbuzz-bin"},{"binary_version":"0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libharfbuzz-dev"},{"binary_version":"0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libharfbuzz-gobject0"},{"binary_version":"0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libharfbuzz-icu0"},{"binary_version":"0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1","binary_name":"libharfbuzz0b"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-8947","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3067-1.json"}},{"package":{"name":"harfbuzz","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/harfbuzz@1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1.0.1-1build2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"gir1.2-harfbuzz-0.0"},{"binary_version":"1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"libharfbuzz-bin"},{"binary_version":"1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"libharfbuzz-dev"},{"binary_version":"1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"libharfbuzz-gobject0"},{"binary_version":"1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"libharfbuzz-icu0"},{"binary_version":"1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1","binary_name":"libharfbuzz0b"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","cves":[{"id":"CVE-2015-8947","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]},{"id":"CVE-2016-2052","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}]},"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-3067-1.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3"}