CVE-2010-3444

pyfribidi: buffer overflow when processing Arabic UTF-8 strings

Published Jan 11, 2011 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 4.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
Buffer overflow in the log2vis_utf8 function in pyfribidi.c in GNU FriBidi 0.19.1, 0.19.2, and possibly other versions, as used in PyFriBidi 0.10.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Arabic UTF-8 string that causes original 2-byte UTF-8 sequences to be transformed into 3-byte sequences.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2010-3442 Buffer overflow in the log2vis_utf8 function in pyfribidi.c in GNU FriBidi 0.19.1, 0.19.2, and possibly other versions, as used in PyFriBidi 0.10.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Arabic UTF-8 string that causes original 2-byte UTF-8 sequences to be transformed into 3-byte sequences.
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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 3:11 AM
Reserved
Sep 17, 2010, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 11, 2011, 3:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:22 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Mar 9, 2009, 12:00 AM