CVE-2022-25309
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: September 6, 2022 at 05:18 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 04:33 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise LinuxFribidi
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.5%
Description
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Fribidi package and affects the fribidi_cap_rtl_to_unicode() function of the fribidi-char-sets-cap-rtl.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a specially crafted file to the Fribidi application with the '--caprtl' option, leading to a crash and causing a denial of service.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25309x_refsource_MISCExploitIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2047896x_refsource_MISCPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/commit/f22593b82b5d1668d1997dbccd10a9c31ffea3b3x_refsource_MISCExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/issues/182CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- NONE
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-122CWE-787
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