1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5746-1

USN-5746-1: HarfBuzz vulnerability

Publication date

28 November 2022

Overview

HarfBuzz could be made to crash if it received specially crafted input.

Releases

Packages

  • harfbuzz - OpenType text shaping engine

Details

Behzad Najjarpour Jabbari discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled
certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service.

Behzad Najjarpour Jabbari discovered that HarfBuzz incorrectly handled
certain inputs. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to cause
a denial of service.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
16.04 LTS xenial libharfbuzz0b –  1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1  
libharfbuzz-bin –  1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1  

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