CVE-2026-113679
Full vulnerability record from the local CVENow database.
Description
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.
Severity
HIGH
CVSS score
7.3
(v4.0)
Vulnerability status
Awaiting Analysis
Source identifier
Published
2026-10-20 16:17:12.770000
Last modified
2026-10-20 20:06:37.150000
View original CVE JSON
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"published": "2026-10-20T16:17:12.770",
"lastModified": "2026-10-20T20:06:37.150",
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}
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"url": "https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/blob/14.6.0/src/hb-wasm-api-font.hh#L115-L123",
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