vulnerability

Oracle Linux: CVE-2019-1010238: ELSA-2019-2571: pango security update (IMPORTANT) (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Aug 6, 2019
Added
Jul 21, 2020
Modified
Dec 3, 2025

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.
A buffer overflow flaw was found in Gnome Pango. When invalid utf-8 strings are passed to functions, a heap-based buffer overflow can occur that could lead to code execution. The highest threat from this vulnerability is data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.

Solutions

oracle-linux-upgrade-pangooracle-linux-upgrade-pango-develoracle-linux-upgrade-pango-tests
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