CVE-2016-4852 YoruFukurou (NightOwl) before 2.85 relies on support for emoji skin-tone modifiers even though this support is missing from the CoreText CTF
Medium 6.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-4852 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2016-4852 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Sep 2016.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4852 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4852/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-4852/index.md)
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-4852?
CVE-2016-4852 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Sep 2016.
Official description
YoruFukurou (NightOwl) before 2.85 relies on support for emoji skin-tone modifiers even though this support is missing from the CoreText CTFramesetter API on OS X 10.9, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted emoji character sequence.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-4852?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Aki-Null Yorufukurou.
How do I fix CVE-2016-4852?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-4852 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-4852 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-4852 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-75wr-7cmg-f792.