USN-5746-1: HarfBuzz vulnerability

28 November 2022

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

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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.

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Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 16.04

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

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