CVE-2010-3444
Buffer overflow in the log2vis_utf8 function in pyfribidi.c in GNU FriBidi 0.19.1, 0.19.2, and possibly other versions, as used in PyFriBidi 0.10.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (4.47%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the log2vis_utf8 function in pyfribidi.c in GNU FriBidi 0.19.1, 0.19.2, and possibly other versions, as used in PyFriBidi 0.10.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Arabic UTF-8 string that causes original 2-byte UTF-8 sequences to be transformed into 3-byte sequences.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 4.47% probability · 91th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- fribidi/gnu fribidi · kobi zamir/pyfribidi
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052935.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052936.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42868Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2676136&group_id=158366&atid=807545Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43592
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0058Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565997
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64619
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052935.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052936.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42868Vendor Advisory
- http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=2676136&group_id=158366&atid=807545Patch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/43592
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0058Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=565997
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64619
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.