Integer Overflow or Wraparound Affecting harfbuzz package, versions <4.4.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.19% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE323-HARFBUZZ-14177764
  • published4 Dec 2025
  • disclosed23 Jun 2022

Introduced: 23 Jun 2022

CVE-2022-33068  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-190  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.23 harfbuzz to version 4.4.1-r0 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 Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.23 relevant fixed versions and status.

An integer overflow in the component hb-ot-shape-fallback.cc of Harfbuzz v4.3.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors.

CVSS Base Scores

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