CVE-2019-18281
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
An out-of-bounds memory access in the generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp in Qt qtbase 5.11.x and 5.12.x before 5.12.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service by crashing an application via a text file containing many directional characters.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-18281
Vendor advisory: rocky — https://errata.rockylinux.org/RLSA-2020:1665
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| rocky | 8 | fixed | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 5.12.5+dfsg-2 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 5.12.5+dfsg-2 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 5.12.5+dfsg-2 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 5.12.5+dfsg-2 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 5.12.5+dfsg-2 |
References
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.