CVE-2023-25193
Published: September 8, 2023Last modified: July 31, 2025
Description
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 score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 7.5 |
| Attack Vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Privileges required | NONE |
| User interaction | NONE |
| Scope | UNCHANGED |
| Confidentiality | NONE |
| Integrity impact | NONE |
| Availability impact | HIGH |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Status
| Product | Release | Package | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alpaquita Linux | 23 LTS | openjdk11 | Not affected (11.0.20.1_p1-r0) |
| openjdk11-container-jre | Not affected (11.0.20.1_p1-r0) | ||
| openjdk11-jvmci | Not affected (11.0.20.1_p1-r0) | ||
| openjdk11-lite | Not affected (11.0.20.1_p1-r0) | ||
| openjdk17 | Not affected (17.0.8.1_p1-r0) | ||
| openjdk17-container-jre | Not affected (17.0.8.1_p1-r0) | ||
| openjdk17-lite | Not affected (17.0.8.1_p1-r0) | ||
| Stream | openjdk11 | Not affected (11.0.20.1_p1-r1) | |
| openjdk11-container-jre | Not affected (11.0.20.1_p1-r0) | ||
| openjdk11-jvmci | Not affected (11.0.20.1_p1-r1) | ||
| openjdk11-lite | Not affected (11.0.20.1_p1-r1) | ||
| openjdk17 | Not affected (17.0.8.1_p1-r1) | ||
| openjdk17-container-jre | Not affected (17.0.8.1_p1-r0) | ||
| openjdk17-lite | Not affected (17.0.8.1_p1-r1) | ||
| Hardened Containers | 23 LTS | openjdk11-container-jre | Not affected (11.0.20.1_p1-r0) |
| openjdk11-lite | Not affected (11.0.20.1_p1-r0) | ||
| openjdk17-container-jre | Not affected (17.0.8.1_p1-r0) | ||
| openjdk17-lite | Not affected (17.0.8.1_p1-r0) | ||
| Stream | openjdk11-container-jre | Not affected (11.0.20.1_p1-r0) | |
| openjdk11-lite | Not affected (11.0.20.1_p1-r1) | ||
| openjdk17-container-jre | Not affected (17.0.8.1_p1-r0) | ||
| openjdk17-lite | Not affected (17.0.8.1_p1-r1) |
References
- https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/src/+/e1f324aa681af54101c1f2d173d92adb80e37088/DEPS#361
- https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/blob/2822b589bc837fae6f66233e2cf2eef0f6ce8470/src/hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh
- https://github.com/harfbuzz/harfbuzz/commit/85be877925ddbf34f74a1229f3ca1716bb6170dc
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/KWCHWSICWVZSAXP2YAXM65JC2GR53547/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/YZ5M2GSAIHFPLHYJXUPQ2QDJCLWXUGO3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/KWCHWSICWVZSAXP2YAXM65JC2GR53547/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/YZ5M2GSAIHFPLHYJXUPQ2QDJCLWXUGO3/
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230725-0006/