Out-of-bounds read in Skia Graphics Library - CVE-2019-5798

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Out-of-bounds read in Skia Graphics Library - CVE-2019-5798

Published: May 22, 2019


Vulnerability identifier: #VU18572
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5798
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition in the Skia library during path transformations. A remote attacker can create a specially crafted email, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.


Affected software

Skia Graphics Library
SUSE Package Hub for SUSE Linux Enterprise
Arch Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
Slackware Linux
Opensuse
thunderbird (Ubuntu package)
firefox-esr (Debian package)
firefox-esr (Alpine package)
thunderbird (Debian package)
Mozilla Thunderbird

How to mitigate CVE-2019-5798

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

thunderbird (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1:60.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.16.04.1, 1:60.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.04.1, 1:60.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.18.10.1, 1:60.7.0+build1-0ubuntu0.19.04.1
firefox-esr (Debian package) - update to 60.7.0esr-1~deb9u1
Mozilla Thunderbird - update to 60.7.0
firefox-esr (Alpine package) - update to 60.7.0-r0
thunderbird (Debian package) - update to 1:60.7.0-1~deb9u1

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