AIKIDO-2026-10080
harfbuzz.harfbuzz is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference
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Medium Risk
This Affects:
harfbuzz.harfbuzzTL;DR
Affected versions of this package lack proper handling of memory allocation failures in the cmap subtable Unicode cache path, which could lead to a denial of service due to crashes or undefined behavior when allocation fails. The patched version adds a test to verify correct behavior when hb_malloc fails, ensuring graceful failure handling.
Who does this affect?
You are affected if you are using a version that falls within the vulnerable range.
Background info
harfbuzz.harfbuzz is vulnerable to NULL Pointer Dereference in versions 6.0.0 - 12.3.0.
How to fix this
Upgrade the harfbuzz.harfbuzz library to the patch version.
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