CVE-2026-113679 (GCVE-0-2026-113679)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2026-10-20 15:40 – Updated: 2026-10-20 16:21
VLAI
Title
HarfBuzz 8.0.0 through 14.6.0 Out-of-Bounds Write via WebAssembly font_glyph_to_string
Summary
HarfBuzz 8.0.0 through 14.6.0 contains an out-of-bounds write vulnerability in the experimental WebAssembly shaper because the font_glyph_to_string import has a wrong WAMR signature. Attackers can supply a crafted font whose wasm module places the output buffer near linear memory's end, writing glyph-name bytes into host memory to crash or corrupt applications.
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: total
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2026-10-20 16:21 UTC
CWE
Assigner
VulnCheck CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard B 84/100 over 6527 records in the last 180 days details
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
harfbuzz harfbuzz Affected: 8.0.0 , ≤ 14.6.0 (semver)
    cpe:2.3:a:harfbuzz_project:harfbuzz:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Date Public
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