CVE-2019-1010238
Gnome Pango 1.42 and later is affected by: Buffer Overflow.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (6.27%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 6.27% probability · 94th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-787
- Affected
- gnome/pango · oracle/sd-wan edge · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux · canonical/ubuntu linux · redhat/openshift container platform · redhat/enterprise linux · redhat/enterprise linux desktop · redhat/enterprise linux eus · redhat/enterprise linux server · redhat/enterprise linux server aus · redhat/enterprise linux server tus · redhat/enterprise linux workstation
- Source
- josh@bress.net
EPSS 6.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2571Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2582Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3234Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/commits/main/pango/pango-bidi-type.cPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/issues/342Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D6HWAHXJ2ZXINYMANHPFDDCJFWUQ57M4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VFFF4FY7SCAYT3EKTYPGRN6BVKZTH7Y7/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-03Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4081-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4496Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2571Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2582Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594Third Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3234Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/commits/main/pango/pango-bidi-type.cPatch, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/issues/342Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D6HWAHXJ2ZXINYMANHPFDDCJFWUQ57M4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VFFF4FY7SCAYT3EKTYPGRN6BVKZTH7Y7/
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/14Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-03Third Party Advisory
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4081-1/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4496Third Party Advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.