Buffer Overflow Affecting fribidi-devel package, versions <0:1.0.2-1.amzn2.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-FRIBIDIDEVEL-1680467
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed13 Nov 2019

Introduced: 13 Nov 2019

CVE-2019-18397  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-120  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 fribidi-devel to version 0:1.0.2-1.amzn2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2020-1434.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fribidi-devel package and not the fribidi-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

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