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Fedora 42 mingw-harfbuzz Critical Null Pointer Issue FEDORA-2026-2301995d0a

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2026
Dist Fedora Esm H88
Critical advisory for Fedora 42 addressing CVE-2026-22693 in harfbuzz library with patch instructions.
Backport patch for CVE-2026-22693.

Summary

HarfBuzz is an implementation of the OpenType Layout engine.

Update Information:

Backport patch for CVE-2026-22693.

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security advisory fedora critical null pointer HarfBuzz cve-2026-22693

Change Log

* Sat Jan 17 2026 Sandro Mani - 10.2.0-3 - Backport patch for CVE-2026-22693

References


[ 1 ] Bug #2429284 - CVE-2026-22693 mingw-harfbuzz: Null Pointer Dereference in harfbuzz [fedora-42] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429284 [ 2 ] Bug #2429295 - CVE-2026-22693 mingw-harfbuzz: Null Pointer Dereference in harfbuzz [fedora-43] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2429295

Update Instructions

This update can be installed with the "dnf" update program. Use su -c 'dnf upgrade --advisory FEDORA-2026-2301995d0a' at the command line. For more information, refer to the dnf documentation available at http://dnf.readthedocs.io/en/latest/command_ref.html#upgrade-command-label

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Name: mingw-harfbuzz
Product: Fedora 42
Version: 10.2.0
Release: 3.fc42
URL: http://www.harfbuzz.org
Summary: MinGW Windows Harfbuzz library

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