Bug 1142332 – VUL-0: CVE-2019-1010238: pango: heap based buffer overflow in pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels can lead to code execution

Bug 1142332 - (CVE-2019-1010238) VUL-0: CVE-2019-1010238: pango: heap based buffer overflow in pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels can lead to code execution

(CVE-2019-1010238)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2019-1010238: pango: heap based buffer overflow in pango_log2vis_...

Status:	REOPENED

Classification:	openSUSE
Product:	openSUSE Tumbleweed
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	Security
Version:	Current
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Normal (vote)
Target Milestone:	Current
Assigned To:	Security Team bot
QA Contact:	E-mail List

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/237744/
Whiteboard:	CVSSv3:SUSE:CVE-2019-1010238:7.8:(AV:...
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Reported:	2019-07-22 09:56 UTC by Wolfgang Frisch
Modified:	2022-10-19 04:05 UTC (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Description Wolfgang Frisch 2019-07-22 09:56:01 UTC

CVE-2019-1010238

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.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2019-1010238
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-1010238
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/blob/master/pango/pango-bidi-type.c

Comment 4 Cliff Zhao 2019-12-05 04:09:37 UTC

Hi Wolfgang:

Current tumbleweed has already delivered the modification inside this patch. the openSUSE:Factory doesn't need to fix at all.

Comment 5 Jia Zhaocong 2022-10-19 04:05:28 UTC

Cleaning up GNOME CVE backlog. Assign back to security team according to comment.