HarfBuzz: Multiple vulnerabilities — GLSA 202209-11

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in HarfBuzz, the worst of which could result in arbitrary code execution.

Affected packages

media-libs/harfbuzz on all architectures
Affected versions < 4.4.0
Unaffected versions >= 4.4.0

Background

HarfBuzz is an OpenType text shaping engine.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in HarfBuzz. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.

Impact

Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All HarfBuzz users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-libs/harfbuzz-4.4.0"
 

References

Release date
September 25, 2022

Latest revision
September 25, 2022: 1

Severity
high

Exploitable
remote

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