Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2022-25310): FriBidi vulnerabilities
Description
Details for this vulnerability have not been published by NIST at this point. Descriptions from software vendor advisories for this issue are provided below.
From USN-5366-2:
USN-5366-1 fixed several vulnerabilities in FriBidi. This update provides the corresponding updates for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
Original advisory details:
It was discovered that FriBidi incorrectly handled processing of input strings resulting in memory corruption. An attacker could use this issue to cause FriBidi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25308)
It was discovered that FriBidi incorrectly validated input data to its CapRTL unicode encoder, resulting in memory corruption. An attacker could use this issue to cause FriBidi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25309)
It was discovered that FriBidi incorrectly handled empty input when removing marks from unicode strings, resulting in a crash. An attacker could use this to cause FriBidi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25310)
Solution(s)
- ubuntu-upgrade-libfribidi-bin
- ubuntu-upgrade-libfribidi-dev
- ubuntu-upgrade-libfribidi0
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