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TI-2016-01883 Aliases CVE-2016-2052GHSA-vx72-qhm5-54jj

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz before 1.0.6, as used in Google Chrome…

Priority LOW 35Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Low · Low · High
Fix status
Partial Red Hat: 3 fixed, 1 without a fix

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.

Summary

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz before 1.0.6, as used in Google Chrome before 48.0.2564.82, allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have other impact via crafted data, as demonstrated by a buffer over-read resulting from an inverted length check in hb-ot-font.cc, a different issue than CVE-2015-8947.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.00959 61st percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial Red Hat: 1 advisoryRed Hat: 3 fixed, 1 without a fix

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:harfbuzz_project:harfbuzz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.0.5VulnerableHarfbuzz Project
cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 47.0.2526.106VulnerableGoogle
  • cpe:2.3:a:harfbuzz_project:harfbuzz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.0.5 Vulnerable ·Harfbuzz Project
  • cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 47.0.2526.106 Vulnerable ·Google

Remediation

Red Hat 1 advisory

  • RHSA-2016:0072 Released 2016-01-27 · Red Hat rating Important
    chromium-browser security update
    • 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

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

ProductStatusPlan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7AffectedNo fix planned: Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0072
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0072
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Supplementary (v. 6)Fixed RHSA-2016:0072

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-2052
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vx72-qhm5-54jj

References

Advisory 5

Other 5

Sources

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