Description
A buffer overflow in the fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex() function in lib/fribidi-bidi.c of GNU FriBidi through 1.0.7 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code by delivering crafted text content to a user, when this content is then rendered by an application that uses FriBidi for text layout calculations. Examples include any GNOME or GTK+ based application that uses Pango for text layout, as this internally uses FriBidi for bidirectional text layout. For example, the attacker can construct a crafted text file to be opened in GEdit, or a crafted IRC message to be viewed in HexChat.
Published: 2019-11-13
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-4561-1 fribidi security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2019-8179 A buffer overflow in the fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex() function in lib/fribidi-bidi.c of GNU FriBidi through 1.0.7 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code by delivering crafted text content to a user, when this content is then rendered by an application that uses FriBidi for text layout calculations. Examples include any GNOME or GTK+ based application that uses Pango for text layout, as this internally uses FriBidi for bidirectional text layout. For example, the attacker can construct a crafted text file to be opened in GEdit, or a crafted IRC message to be viewed in HexChat.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-4179-1 FriBidi vulnerability
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Debian Debian Linux
Gnu Fribidi
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel E4s
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-05T01:54:14.298Z

Reserved: 2019-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2019-18397

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-11-13T14:15:10.287

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:33:12.027

Link: CVE-2019-18397

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2019-11-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2019-18397 - Bugzilla

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