High severity8.8NVD Advisory· Published Jul 23, 2016· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-1709
CVE-2016-1709
Description
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.
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
13- googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2016/07/stable-channel-update.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00020.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00021.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00022.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-07/msg00028.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1485.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3637nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/92053nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1036428nvd
- crbug.com/614934nvd
- github.com/googlei18n/sfntly/commit/468cad540fa1b0027cad60456f53feabecdce2bcnvd
- github.com/googlei18n/sfntly/commit/c56b85408bab232efd7e650f0994272a174e3b92nvd
- github.com/googlei18n/sfntly/pull/56nvd
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