GNOME pango 1.42 pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels memory corruption

A vulnerability was found in GNOME pango 1.42. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is the function pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability (Heap-based). Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-122. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was released 07/19/2019. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2019-1010238 since 03/20/2019. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 07/20/2019).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.5

VulDB Base Score: ≈5.5
VulDB Temp Score: ≈5.5
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Class: Memory corruption / Heap-based (CWE-122)
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Status: Not defined

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03/20/2019 CVE assigned
07/19/2019 +121 days Advisory disclosed
07/20/2019 +1 days VulDB entry created
07/20/2019 +0 days VulDB last updateVendor: gnome.org
CVE: CVE-2019-1010238 (🔒)Created: 07/20/2019 08:36 AM
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