{"id":"MGASA-2019-0325","summary":"Updated fribidi packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Updated fribidi packages fix security vulnerability:\n\nA stack buffer overflow in the fribidi_get_par_embedding_levels_ex()\nfunction in lib/fribidi-bidi.c of GNU FriBidi 1.0.0 through 1.0.7 allows\nan attacker to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode by delivering crafted text content to a user, when this content is\nthen rendered by an  application that uses FriBidi for text layout\ncalculations (CVE-2019-18397).\n","modified":"2026-04-16T04:42:44.081099447Z","published":"2019-11-14T16:58:51Z","upstream":["CVE-2019-18397"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0325.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=25673"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/11/08/5"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"fribidi","ecosystem":"Mageia:7","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/fribidi?arch=source&distro=mageia-7"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.0.5-2.1.mga7"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2019-0325.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}