CVE-2019-18397

fribidi: A library to handle bidirectional scripts (for example Hebrew, Arabic), so that the display is done in the proper way...

CVE-2019-18397 is fixed in 2 products on 1 platform, first by RHSA-2019:4361, released December 23, 2019. It is not reported as exploited. Patch Radar priority: High.

High
CVSS
7.8
Important
Exploitation
None reported
No vendor assessment
CISA KEV
Not listed
Not in the Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog
EPSS
0.0218
82nd percentile

A library to handle bidirectional scripts (for example Hebrew, Arabic), so that the display is done in the proper way, while the text data itself is always written in logical order. Security Fix(es): * fribidi: buffer overflow in fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex() in lib/fribidi-bidi.c leading to denial of service and possible code execution (CVE-2019-18397) For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Where it's fixed

ProductFixed inFixReleased
Linux
fribidi · RHEL 8 0:1.0.4-7.el8_1 RHSA-2019:4361 Dec 23, 2019
fribidi · ol 8 0:1.0.4-7.el8_1 ELSA-2019-4361 Dec 23, 2019
fribidi-devel · RHEL 8 0:1.0.4-7.el8_1 RHSA-2019:4361 Dec 23, 2019
fribidi-devel · ol 8 0:1.0.4-7.el8_1 ELSA-2019-4361 Dec 23, 2019

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