CVE-2024-56732

HarfBuzz is a text shaping engine. Starting with 8.5.0 through 10.0.1, there is a heap-based buffer overflow in the hb_cairo_glyphs_from_buffer function.

CVSS v3 8.8 HIGH

8.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 2.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/commit/1767f99e2e2196c3fcae27db6d8b60098d3f6d26	Patch
https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/security/advisories/GHSA-qmp9-xqm5-jh6m	Exploit Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2024-12-27 20:15

Updated : 2026-06-25 15:32

NVD link : CVE-2024-56732

Mitre link : CVE-2024-56732

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2024-56732

JSON object : View

Products Affected

harfbuzz_project

harfbuzz

CWE

CWE-122

Heap-based Buffer Overflow

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