CVE-2023-25193 (GCVE-0-2023-25193)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-02-04 00:00 – Updated: 2025-03-25 20:23
VLAI
Summary
hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh in HarfBuzz through 6.0.0 allows attackers to trigger O(n^2) growth via consecutive marks during the process of looking back for base glyphs when attaching marks.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: yes Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator (v2.0.3)
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-770 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling
Assigner
References
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