Description
An out-of-bounds memory access in the generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp in Qt qtbase 5.11.x and 5.12.x before 5.12.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing an application via a text file containing many directional characters.
Published: 2019-10-23
Score: 4.3 Medium
EPSS: 1.7% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4556-1 qtbase-opensource-src security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-8070 An out-of-bounds memory access in the generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp in Qt qtbase 5.11.x and 5.12.x before 5.12.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing an application via a text file containing many directional characters.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4275-1 Qt vulnerabilities
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Debian Debian Linux
Qt Qtbase
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:47:14.143Z

Reserved: 2019-10-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-18281

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-10-23T15:15:14.343

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:32:57.990

Link: CVE-2019-18281

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2019-10-23T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-18281 - Bugzilla

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