CVE-2023-25193

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.

CVSS v3 7.5 HIGH

7.5^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 3.6

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/e1f324aa681af54101c1f2d173d92adb80e37088/DEPS#361	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/blob/2822b589bc837fae6f66233e2cf2eef0f6ce8470/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/commit/85be877925ddbf34f74a1229f3ca1716bb6170dc	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWCHWSICWVZSAXP2YAXM65JC2GR53547/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZ5M2GSAIHFPLHYJXUPQ2QDJCLWXUGO3/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230725-0006/
https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/e1f324aa681af54101c1f2d173d92adb80e37088/DEPS#361	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/blob/2822b589bc837fae6f66233e2cf2eef0f6ce8470/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/commit/85be877925ddbf34f74a1229f3ca1716bb6170dc	Patch Third Party Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWCHWSICWVZSAXP2YAXM65JC2GR53547/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZ5M2GSAIHFPLHYJXUPQ2QDJCLWXUGO3/
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230725-0006/

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:harfbuzz_project:harfbuzz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2023-02-04 20:15

Updated : 2025-03-25 21:15

NVD link : CVE-2023-25193

Mitre link : CVE-2023-25193

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2023-25193

JSON object : View

Products Affected

harfbuzz_project

harfbuzz

fedoraproject

fedora

CWE

CWE-770

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

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