CVE-2024-56732

Publication date 27 December 2024

Last updated 16 January 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
harfbuzz 24.10 oracular
Fixed 9.0.0-1ubuntu0.1
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Needs evaluation
16.04 LTS xenial
Needs evaluation

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
harfbuzz

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-7214-1
    • HarfBuzz vulnerability
    • 16 January 2025

Other references