HarfBuzz from 8.0.0 through 14.6.0 contains a NULL pointer dereference vulnerability in the experimental WebAssembly shaper host imports buffer_set_contents, face_create, and font_set_coords. Attackers can supply a crafted font whose embedded wasm module passes out-of-range addresses with non-zero lengths, crashing any application that shapes text with the font.
Fix
Nothing published yet: no patch, vendor advisory or mitigation reference on NVD, no vendor advisory in the News for this CVE, not in CISA's KEV, no fixed package version. BaselineWatch does not guess at one.
Change history 3
- StatusPublished → DeferredNVD modified 2026-10-20 20:11
- StatusReceived → PublishedNVD modified 2026-10-20 15:40
- First seenCVSS 6.8NVD modified 2026-10-20 16:17
Affected (CPE criteria) 0
NVD has not attached CPE configurations yet.
References 6
- https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/blob/14.6.0/src/hb-wasm-api-buffer.hh#L153-L181
- https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/blob/14.6.0/src/hb-wasm-api-face.hh#L34-L49
- https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/blob/14.6.0/src/hb-wasm-api-font.hh#L241-L258
- https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/commit/a71aa86c2bac114fafb6b47f8da02024ecb44fa6
- https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/pull/6414
- https://www.vulncheck.com/advisories/harfbuzz-8.0.0-through-14.6.0-webassembly-shaper-null-pointer-dereference-dos