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Mageia 9 Harfbuzz Moderate DoS Null Pointer Vulnerability MGASA-2026-0015

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Calendar Grey January 23, 2026
Dist Mageia Esm H88
Updated harfbuzz packages released for Mageia, fixing a null pointer issue leading to DoS risk.
MGASA-2026-0015 - Updated harfbuzz packages fix security vulnerability

Summary

Description: Null Pointer Dereference in SubtableUnicodesCache::create leading to DoS. (CVE-2026-22693)

References

- https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35042

- https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/01/11/1

- https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/security-announce@lists.opensuse.org/message/QJUDZGUEVHTL26NPJUIGPHUOUKLUMCFB/

- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2026-22693

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory DoS null pointer HarfBuzz Mageia 2026 security issue

Resolution

SRPMS

- 9/core/harfbuzz-7.0.1-1.2.mga9

Severity
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Lowest
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Critical

Publication date: 23 Jan 2026
URL: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2026-0015.html
Type: security
CVE: CVE-2026-22693

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory DoS null pointer HarfBuzz Mageia 2026 security issue

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