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CVE-2016-2052

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz before 1.0.6, as used in Google Chrome before 48...

7.6 HighFix available

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.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
Required

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

0.96%Down 0.6 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.6

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.

Record
CVE-2016-2052
CVSS 3.0
7.6 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
CVSS 2.0
6.8 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

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.

Record
CVE-2016-2052
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2016-3157 No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2016-3157
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vx72-qhm5-54jj 7.6

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in HarfBuzz before 1.0.6, as used in Google Chrome before 48...

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.

Record
GHSA-vx72-qhm5-54jj
CVSS 3.0
7.6 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSV 7.6

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.

Record
CVE-2016-2052
CVSS 3.0
7.6 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2016-2052 7.6

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.

Record
DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2052
CVSS 3.0
7.6 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
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OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2016-2052 7.6

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.

Record
UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2052
CVSS 3.0
7.6 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:H
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVMGASA-2016-0264 No score

Updated harfbuzz packages fix security vulnerability

Two memory access issues, including a heap-based buffer overflow (CVE-2015-8947) and incorrect table length check (CVE-2016-2052) could lead to a denial of service when rendering a crafted OpenType font.

Record
MGASA-2016-0264
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:1821-1 No score

Security update for libreoffice

LibreOffice was updated to version 5.3.3.2, bringing new features and enhancements:

Writer:

  • New 'Go to Page' dialog for quickly jumping to another page.
  • Support for 'Table Styles'.
  • New drawing tools were added.
  • Improvements in the toolbar.
  • Borderless padding is displayed.

Calc:

  • New drawing tools were added.
  • In new installations the default setting for new documents is now 'Enable wildcards in formulas' instead of regular expressions.
  • Improved compatibility with ODF 1.2

Impress:

  • Images inserted via 'Photo Album' can now be linked instead of embedded in the document.
  • When launching Impress, a Template Selector allows you to choose a Template to start with.
  • Two new default templates: Vivid and Pencil.
  • All existing templates have been improved.

Draw:

  • New arrow endings, including Crow's foot notation's ones.

Base:

  • Firebird has been upgraded to version 3.0.0. It is unable to read back Firebird 2.5 data, so embedded Firebird odb files created in LibreOffice version up to 5.2 cannot be opened with LibreOffice 5.3.

Some security issues have also been fixed:

  • CVE-2017-7870: An out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tools::Polygon::Insert function.
  • CVE-2017-7882: An out-of-bounds write related to the HWPFile::TagsRead function.
  • CVE-2017-8358: an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the ReadJPEG function.
  • CVE-2016-10327: An out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the EnhWMFReader::ReadEnhWMF function.
  • CVE-2017-9433: An out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the MsWrd1Parser::readFootnoteCorrespondance function in libmwaw.

A comprehensive list of new features and changes in this release is available at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.3

Record
SUSE-SU-2017:1821-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVSUSE-SU-2017:2315-1 No score

Security update for libreoffice

LibreOffice was updated to version 5.3.5.2, bringing new features and enhancements:

Writer:

  • New 'Go to Page' dialog for quickly jumping to another page.
  • Support for 'Table Styles'.
  • New drawing tools were added.
  • Improvements in the toolbar.
  • Borderless padding is displayed.

Calc:

  • New drawing tools were added.
  • In new installations the default setting for new documents is now 'Enable wildcards in formulas' instead of regular expressions.
  • Improved compatibility with ODF 1.2

Impress:

  • Images inserted via 'Photo Album' can now be linked instead of embedded in the document.
  • When launching Impress, a Template Selector allows you to choose a Template to start with.
  • Two new default templates: Vivid and Pencil.
  • All existing templates have been improved.

Draw:

  • New arrow endings, including Crow's foot notation's ones.

Base:

  • Firebird has been upgraded to version 3.0.0. It is unable to read back Firebird 2.5 data, so embedded Firebird odb files created in LibreOffice version up to 5.2 cannot be opened with LibreOffice 5.3.

Some security issues have also been fixed:

  • CVE-2017-7870: An out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the tools::Polygon::Insert function.
  • CVE-2017-7882: An out-of-bounds write related to the HWPFile::TagsRead function.
  • CVE-2017-8358: an out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the ReadJPEG function.
  • CVE-2016-10327: An out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the EnhWMFReader::ReadEnhWMF function.
  • CVE-2017-9433: An out-of-bounds write caused by a heap-based buffer overflow related to the MsWrd1Parser::readFootnoteCorrespondance function in libmwaw.

A comprehensive list of new features and changes in this release is available at: https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/ReleaseNotes/5.3

Record
SUSE-SU-2017:2315-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-2877-1 No score

oxide-qt vulnerabilities

A bad cast was discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to cause a denial of service via renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2016-1612)

An issue was discovered when initializing the UnacceleratedImageBufferSurface class in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2016-1614)

An issue was discovered with the CSP implementation in Blink. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit this to determine whether specific HSTS sites had been visited by reading a CSP report. (CVE-2016-1617)

An issue was discovered with random number generator in Blink. An attacker could potentially exploit this to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms. (CVE-2016-1618)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Chromium. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service via application crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user invoking the program. (CVE-2016-1620)

Multiple security issues were discovered in V8. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to read uninitialized memory, cause a denial of service via renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2016-2051)

Multiple security issues were discovered in Harfbuzz. If a user were tricked in to opening a specially crafted website, an attacker could potentially exploit these to cause a denial of service via renderer crash or execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the sandboxed render process. (CVE-2016-2052)

Record
USN-2877-1
Updated
2026-11-02
OSVUSN-3067-1 No score

harfbuzz vulnerabilities

Kostya Serebryany discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled memory. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2015-8947)

It was discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled certain length checks. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause HarfBuzz to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only applied to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-2052)

Record
USN-3067-1
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
harfbuzz
Debian:12
before 1.2.6-1
1.2.6-1
harfbuzz
Debian:13
before 1.2.6-1
1.2.6-1
harfbuzz
Debian:14
before 1.2.6-1
1.2.6-1
harfbuzz
Mageia:5
before 0.9.36-1.1.mga5
0.9.36-1.1.mga5
chromium-browser
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 0:48.0.2564.82-1.el6
0:48.0.2564.82-1.el6
chromium-browser-debuginfo
Red Hat:rhel_extras:6
before 0:48.0.2564.82-1.el6
0:48.0.2564.82-1.el6
libixion
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 0.12.1-12.1
0.12.1-12.1
libmwaw
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 0.3.11-9.1
0.3.11-9.1
liborcus
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 0.12.1-12.1
0.12.1-12.1
libreoffice
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 5.3.3.2-40.5.9
5.3.3.2-40.5.9
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
libstaroffice
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 0.0.3-2.1
0.0.3-2.1
libzmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 0.0.1-2.1
0.0.1-2.1
myspell-dictionaries
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP2
before 20170511-15.1
20170511-15.1
libixion
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
before 0.12.1-12.1
0.12.1-12.1
libmwaw
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
before 0.3.11-9.1
0.3.11-9.1
liborcus
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
before 0.12.1-12.1
0.12.1-12.1
libreoffice
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP2
before 5.3.3.2-40.5.9
5.3.3.2-40.5.9
libixion
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
before 0.12.1-12.1
0.12.1-12.1
libmwaw
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
before 0.3.11-9.1
0.3.11-9.1
liborcus
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
before 0.12.1-12.1
0.12.1-12.1
libreoffice
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
before 5.3.3.2-40.5.9
5.3.3.2-40.5.9
libstaroffice
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
before 0.0.3-2.1
0.0.3-2.1
libzmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
before 0.0.1-2.1
0.0.1-2.1
myspell-dictionaries
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP2
before 20170511-15.1
20170511-15.1
libixion
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 0.12.1-13.2.1
0.12.1-13.2.1
libmwaw
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 0.3.11-7.5.1
0.3.11-7.5.1
liborcus
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 0.12.1-10.5.1
0.12.1-10.5.1
libreoffice
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 5.3.5.2-43.5.4
5.3.5.2-43.5.4
libstaroffice
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 0.0.3-4.1
0.0.3-4.1
libzmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 0.0.1-4.1
0.0.1-4.1
myspell-dictionaries
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 SP3
before 20170511-16.2.1
20170511-16.2.1
libixion
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 0.12.1-13.2.1
0.12.1-13.2.1
libmwaw
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 0.3.11-7.5.1
0.3.11-7.5.1
liborcus
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 0.12.1-10.5.1
0.12.1-10.5.1
libreoffice
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 12 SP3
before 5.3.5.2-43.5.4
5.3.5.2-43.5.4
libixion
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
before 0.12.1-13.2.1
0.12.1-13.2.1
libmwaw
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
before 0.3.11-7.5.1
0.3.11-7.5.1
liborcus
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
before 0.12.1-10.5.1
0.12.1-10.5.1
libreoffice
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
before 5.3.5.2-43.5.4
5.3.5.2-43.5.4
libstaroffice
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
before 0.0.3-4.1
0.0.3-4.1
libzmf
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
before 0.0.1-4.1
0.0.1-4.1
myspell-dictionaries
SUSE:Linux Enterprise Workstation Extension 12 SP3
before 20170511-16.2.1
20170511-16.2.1
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1111, plus listed versions
29.0.1547.65-0ubuntu231.0.1650.63-0ubuntu1~20131204.132.0.1700.107-0ubuntu1~20140204.977.133.0.1750.152-0ubuntu1~pkg995.134.0.1847.116-0ubuntu2
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36.0.1985.125-0ubuntu1.14.04.0~pkg102937.0.2062.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104237.0.2062.120-0ubuntu0.14.04.1~pkg104938.0.2125.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106139.0.2171.65-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106440.0.2214.94-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106840.0.2214.111-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.106941.0.2272.76-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.107643.0.2357.81-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.108943.0.2357.130-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109244.0.2403.89-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109545.0.2454.85-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109745.0.2454.101-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.109947.0.2526.73-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110647.0.2526.106-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.110748.0.2564.82-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1108
48.0.2564.116-0ubuntu0.14.04.1.1111
oxide-qt
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 1.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1, plus listed versions
1.0.0~bzr437-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr452-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr475-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr490-0ubuntu11.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu1
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1.0.0~bzr501-0ubuntu21.0.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.0.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.1.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.2.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.3.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.2-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.4.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.5.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.31.5.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.6.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.6.6-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.8-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.7.9-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.8.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.9.1-0ubuntu0.14.04.21.9.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.11.3-0ubuntu0.14.04.11.11.4-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
1.12.5-0ubuntu0.14.04.1
chromium-browser
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 48.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.1222, plus listed versions
45.0.2454.101-0ubuntu1.120147.0.2526.73-0ubuntu1.121847.0.2526.106-0ubuntu1.1221
48.0.2564.82-0ubuntu1.1222
harfbuzz
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1, plus listed versions
1.0.1-1build2
1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1
oxide-qt
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
before 1.12.5-0ubuntu1, plus listed versions
1.9.5-0ubuntu11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.11.10.3-0ubuntu0.15.10.21.11.3-0ubuntu31.11.4-0ubuntu11.11.5-0ubuntu1
1.12.5-0ubuntu1
harfbuzz
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
before 0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1, plus listed versions
0.9.19-10.9.19-1ubuntu10.9.24-2ubuntu10.9.24-2ubuntu20.9.24-2ubuntu3
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0.9.25-1ubuntu10.9.26-30.9.26-40.9.27-10.9.27-1ubuntu1
0.9.27-1ubuntu1.1

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2016-2052 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.6) in Google Chrome, published January 25, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.96%, the 61st percentile. Fixed in harfbuzz 1.2.6-1.

References

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