CVE-2019-1010238

Public Exploit

Description

Gnome Pango 1.42 and later is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: The heap based buffer overflow can be used to get code execution. The component is: function name: pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels, assignment of nchars and the loop condition. The attack vector is: Bug can be used when application pass invalid utf-8 strings to functions like pango_itemize.

Category

9.8
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 2.95% Top 15%
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Affected: Gnome Pango
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4081-1/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4496 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/14 third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D6HWAHXJ2ZXINYMANHPFDDCJFWUQ57M4/ vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2571 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2582 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VFFF4FY7SCAYT3EKTYPGRN6BVKZTH7Y7/ vendor advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-03 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3234 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html third party advisory patch
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/commits/main/pango/pango-bidi-type.c patch vendor advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/issues/342 issue tracking exploit vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-1010238?
CVE-2019-1010238 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-1010238?
To fix CVE-2019-1010238, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-1010238 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-1010238 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~3% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
What software or system is affected by CVE-2019-1010238?
CVE-2019-1010238 affects Gnome Pango.
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