CVE-2016-1709
High
CVE-2016-1709
Heap-based buffer overflow in the ByteArray::Get method in data/byte_array.cc in Google sfntly before 2016-06-10, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SFNT font.
Exploit probability
1.5%
Published
July 23, 2016
Required by
Not available
Last source change
July 8, 2026
02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE
Affected packages
03 / CONNECTIONS
Connected vulnerabilities
04 / EVIDENCE
Source records
Open Source Vulnerabilities
CVE-2016-1709
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Heap-based buffer overflow in the ByteArray::Get method in data/byte_array.cc in Google sfntly before 2016-06-10, as used in Google Chrome before 52.0.2743.82, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted SFNT font.
05 / REFERENCES
Further evidence
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428
- https://crbug.com/614934
- https://github.com/googlei18n/sfntly/commit/468cad540fa1b0027cad60456f53feabecdce2bc
- https://github.com/googlei18n/sfntly/commit/c56b85408bab232efd7e650f0994272a174e3b92
- https://github.com/googlei18n/sfntly/pull/56