OSV-2020-244 Heap-buffer-overflow in BEInt<unsigned short, 2>::operator unsigned short

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A heap-buffer-overflow in font parsing allows attackers to cause denial of service or potentially execute code via malicious fonts.

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Fix
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What is OSV-2020-244?

OSV-2020-244 is a memory corruption vulnerability in harfbuzz, published on 26 Jun 2020.

Official description

OSS-Fuzz report: https://bugs.chromium.org/p/oss-fuzz/issues/detail?id=20036

Crash type: Heap-buffer-overflow READ 2
Crash state:
BEInt&lt;unsigned short, 2&gt;::operator unsigned short
OT::IntType&lt;unsigned short, 2u&gt;::operator unsigned int
OT::IndexArray::add_indexes_to

Which versions are affected by OSV-2020-244?

1 open source package ship an affected version, including harfbuzz.

PackageAffectedFixed in
harfbuzz OSS-FuzzAll versionsNone

How do I fix OSV-2020-244?

No fix has been published for OSV-2020-244 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is OSV-2020-244 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of OSV-2020-244 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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