CVE-2019-18397
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
- Versión: 3.1
- Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.8
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.18%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 82
- Fecha de la puntuación: 3/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (2)
CWE
- CWE-120
Referencias
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4326
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4361
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0291
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=944327
- https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/commit/034c6e9a1d296286305f4cfd1e0072b879f52568
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TFS3N6KKXPI6ATDNEUFRSLX7R6BOBNIP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W5UJRTG32FDNI7T637Q6PZYL3UCRR5HR/
- https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=157322128105807&w=2
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18397
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-41
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4326
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4361
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0291
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=944327
- https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/commit/034c6e9a1d296286305f4cfd1e0072b879f52568
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TFS3N6KKXPI6ATDNEUFRSLX7R6BOBNIP/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W5UJRTG32FDNI7T637Q6PZYL3UCRR5HR/
- https://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=157322128105807&w=2
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18397
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-41
JSON original (NVD)
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