Buffer overflow in Pango - CVE-2019-1010238
Published: July 31, 2019 / Updated: February 10, 2022
Vulnerability identifier: #VU19591
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1010238
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
Pango
Pango
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error when processing utf-8 strings in the pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels() function in pango-bidi-type.c. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted string to the application, trigger heap-based buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-1010238
Install update from vendor's website.