<p>Upgrade <code>Ubuntu:16.04</code> <code>harfbuzz</code> to version 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 or higher.</p>

Out-of-bounds Read Affecting harfbuzz package, versions <1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1

Snyk CVSS

Attack Complexity Low

User Interaction Required

Availability High

Threat Intelligence

EPSS 0.14% (49^th percentile)

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Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-HARFBUZZ-279365
published 2 Dec 2018
disclosed 15 Nov 2018

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Introduced: 15 Nov 2018

CVE-2015-9274 Open this link in a new tab CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 harfbuzz to version 1.0.1-1ubuntu0.1+esm1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream harfbuzz package and not the harfbuzz package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

HarfBuzz before 1.0.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid read of two bytes and application crash) because of GPOS and GSUB table mishandling, related to hb-ot-layout-gpos-table.hh, hb-ot-layout-gsub-table.hh, and hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos-private.hh.