Vulnerability · Published Sep 6, 2022 · Assigned by redhat
CVE-2022-25309
Medium 5.5
In plain English
A medium-severity heap buffer overflow in fribidi. There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 0.5% (higher than 44% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)5.5Medium
Exploit odds (30 days)0.5%top 56.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
A heap-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Fribidi package and affects the fribidi_cap_rtl_to_unicode() function of the fribidi-char-sets-cap-rtl.c file. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a specially crafted file to the Fribidi application with the '--caprtl' option, leading to a crash and causing a denial of service.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| AlmaLinux:8 | fribidi | 1.0.4-9.el8 | ALSA-2022:7514 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | fribidi | 1.0.10-6.el9.2 | ALSA-2022:8011 |
| AlmaLinux:8 | fribidi-devel | 1.0.4-9.el8 | ALSA-2022:7514 |
| AlmaLinux:9 | fribidi-devel | 1.0.10-6.el9.2 | ALSA-2022:8011 |
| Alpine:v3.20 | fribidi | 1.0.12-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-25309 |
| Alpine:v3.21 | fribidi | 1.0.12-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-25309 |
| Alpine:v3.22 | fribidi | 1.0.12-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-25309 |
| Alpine:v3.23 | fribidi | 1.0.12-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-25309 |
| Alpine:v3.24 | fribidi | 1.0.12-r0 | ALPINE-CVE-2022-25309 |
| Debian:12 | fribidi | 1.0.8-2.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25309 |
| Debian:13 | fribidi | 1.0.8-2.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25309 |
| Debian:14 | fribidi | 1.0.8-2.1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25309 |
| Rocky Linux:8 | fribidi | 0:1.0.4-9.el8 | RLSA-2022:7514 |
| Rocky Linux:9 | fribidi | 0:1.0.10-6.el9.2 | RLSA-2022:8011 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | fribidi | 1.0.8-2ubuntu3.1 | UBUNTU-CVE-2022-25309 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | fribidi | 1.0.8-2ubuntu3.1 | USN-5366-2 |
Affected products (as reported)
Weakness: CWE-122
References
- https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/issues/182 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2047896 x_refsource_MISC
- https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/commit/f22593b82b5d1668d1997dbccd10a9c31ffea3b3 x_refsource_MISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2022-25309 x_refsource_MISC