Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting harfbuzz package, versions *


low

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.17% (53rd percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
7.5 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIAN11-HARFBUZZ-3311295
  • published 6 Feb 2023
  • disclosed 4 Feb 2023

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:11 harfbuzz.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream harfbuzz package and not the harfbuzz package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:11 relevant fixed versions and status.

hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh in HarfBuzz through 6.0.0 allows attackers to trigger O(n^2) growth via consecutive marks during the process of looking back for base glyphs when attaching marks.