CVE-2019-1010238

CRITICAL
9.8
CVSS Score
Published: July 19, 2019 at 04:42 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 02:09 AM UTC
13 products affected across 6 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux

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Severity
CRITICAL9.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

Gnome Pango 1.42 and later is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: The heap based buffer overflow can be used to get code execution. The component is: function name: pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels, assignment of nchars and the loop condition. The attack vector is: Bug can be used when application pass invalid utf-8 strings to functions like pango_itemize.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

References (14)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2571
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2582
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3234
x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/issues/342

CVSS

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787

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