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 Details
- CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 7.8
- CVSS 3.1 Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Covered by Rapid7
| Product | Vendor Advisory | Solution File | Added | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alpine Linux | alpine-linux-upgrade-fribidi | Nov 27, 2019 | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| Amazon Linux Ami 2 | amazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-fribidiamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-fribidi-debuginfoamazon-linux-ami-2-upgrade-fribidi-devel | Jun 4, 2020 | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| Centos_linux | — | centos-upgrade-fribidicentos-upgrade-fribidi-debuginfocentos-upgrade-fribidi-debugsourcecentos-upgrade-fribidi-devel | Dec 23, 2019 | Nov 13, 2019 |
| Debian | debian-upgrade-fribidi | Nov 11, 2019 | Nov 11, 2019 | |
| Gentoo Linux | gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-libs-fribidi | Mar 20, 2020 | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp8 | huawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-fribidihuawei-euleros-2_0_sp8-upgrade-fribidi-devel | Feb 26, 2020 | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| Oracle_linux | — | oracle-linux-upgrade-fribidioracle-linux-upgrade-fribidi-devel | Dec 20, 2019 | Nov 7, 2019 |
| Redhat_linux | redhat-upgrade-fribidiredhat-upgrade-fribidi-debuginforedhat-upgrade-fribidi-debugsourceredhat-upgrade-fribidi-devel | Dec 20, 2019 | Nov 13, 2019 | |
| Suse | — | suse-upgrade-fribidisuse-upgrade-fribidi-develsuse-upgrade-libfribidi0suse-upgrade-libfribidi0-32bit | May 26, 2021 | Nov 7, 2019 |
| Ubuntu | ubuntu-upgrade-libfribidi0 | Nov 8, 2019 | Nov 7, 2019 |
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