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CVE-2019-1010238

9.8
CRITICAL · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 6.3% (pctl 93)

In your normal cycle

Critical by CVSS (9.8), but no sign of active exploitation.

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.

Scoring

CVSS9.8 (CRITICAL, v3.1)
VectorCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS6.27% — more likely to be exploited than 93% of all CVEs
WeaknessCWE-787
On CISA KEVno
Public exploitnone known
Published2019-07-19
Last modified2026-06-17

Affected (13)

VendorProduct
canonicalubuntu linux
debiandebian linux
fedoraprojectfedora
gnomepango
oraclesd-wan edge
redhatenterprise linux
redhatenterprise linux desktop
redhatenterprise linux eus
redhatenterprise linux server
redhatenterprise linux server aus
redhatenterprise linux server tus
redhatenterprise linux workstation
redhatopenshift container platform

References

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