Buffer Overflow Affecting fribidi-devel package, versions <1.0.5-3.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-FRIBIDIDEVEL-2680180
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed19 May 2021

Introduced: 19 May 2021

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 fribidi-devel to version 1.0.5-3.3.1 or higher.

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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1