Security Advisories (1)
CVE-2026-0943 (2026-01-19)

HarfBuzz::Shaper versions before 0.032 for Perl contains a bundled library with a null pointer dereference vulnerability.  Versions before 0.032 contain HarfBuzz 8.4.0 or earlier bundled as hb_src.tar.gz in the source tarball, which is affected by CVE-2026-22693.

Changes for version 0.023

  • Fix language setting.
  • Add set/get script and direction. Thanks for PhilterPaper to contribute code.
  • Add reset method. Resets font/size/script/direction/language. Optionally resets font/face cache as well.
  • (XS) Add hb_buffer_reset.
  • Improve documentation.

Modules

Use HarfBuzz for text shaping