Out-of-Bounds Affecting qt5-qttools-libs-designer package, versions <0:5.12.5-1.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.28% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-QT5QTTOOLSLIBSDESIGNER-3710394
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed23 Oct 2019

Introduced: 23 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-18281  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 qt5-qttools-libs-designer to version 0:5.12.5-1.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1665.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream qt5-qttools-libs-designer package and not the qt5-qttools-libs-designer package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Scores

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