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CVE-2022-33068

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2022-33068 is an integer overflow vulnerability in Harfbuzz v4.3.0, specifically impacting the hb-ot-shape-fallback.cc component, and affects various Fedora and Harfbuzz project distributions. Rated as Medium severity (CVSS 5.5), it requires user interaction and local access (AV:L/UI:R) to trigger a Denial of Service (DoS). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:harfbuzz_project:harfbuzz:4.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
35CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
36CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:36:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.14%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
63.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0114 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 5,760 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: java-17-openjdk-1:17.0.5.0.8-2.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8Fixed in: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.17.0.8-2.el8_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: java-17-openjdk-1:17.0.5.0.8-2.el9_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: java-11-openjdk-1:11.0.17.0.8-2.el9_0
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9Fixed in: harfbuzz-0:2.7.4-8.el9
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2022-33068Moderate

harfbuzz: integer overflow in the component hb-ot-shape-fallback.cc

Jun 23, 2022
microsoft2022-Jun/CVE-2022-33068Moderate

An integer overflow in the component hb-ot-shape-fallback.cc of Harfbuzz v4.3.0 allows attackers to cause a Denial of Service (DoS) via unspecified vectors.

Jun 14, 2022

References

github.com / harfbuzz/harfbuzz/commit/62e803b36173fd096d7ad460dd1d1db9be542593
PatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / harfbuzz/harfbuzz/issues/3557
ExploitIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FQBJ24W6TXLSAQWCFW7IBGUMX4AJI3S4
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QQMEXOVDL3T2UXKBCON7JSOCE646G7HG
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W56WTC5IY4EIUHVUIHMCXA3BSBZLSZCI
security.gentoo.org / glsa/202209-11
Third Party Advisory