CVE-2019-18397
A buffer overflow in the fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex() function in lib/fribidi-bidi.c of GNU FriBidi through 1.0.7 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary
02 Description
A buffer overflow in the fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex() function in lib/fribidi-bidi.c of GNU FriBidi through 1.0.7 allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 2.18% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 81.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-11-13 13:55Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 01:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2019-10-24
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 9f1ca0e288d187a34e1c7c20a5e36298bead1b041bca0b9c24013acfaaa844f2
05 Affected products
06 References
- github.comhttps://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/commit/034c6e9a1d296286305f4cfd1e0072b879f52568
- marc.infohttps://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=157322128105807&w=2
- bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=944327
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18397
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-7075bc4ff8https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/W5UJRTG32FDNI7T637Q6PZYL3UCRR5HR/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:4326https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4326
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-533a72fec5https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TFS3N6KKXPI6ATDNEUFRSLX7R6BOBNIP/
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:4361https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4361
- access.redhat.comRHSA-2020:0291https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0291
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-202003-41https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-41
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- fribidi Fixed in 1.0.7-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fribidi Fixed in 1.0.7-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fribidi Fixed in 1.0.7-1.1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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