[Fedora-i18n-bugs] [Bug 1737785] New: CVE-2019-1010238 pango: heap based buffer overflow can be used to get code execution

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1737785

Bug ID: 1737785
           Summary: CVE-2019-1010238 pango: heap based buffer overflow can
                    be used to get code execution
           Product: Security Response
          Hardware: All
                OS: Linux
            Status: NEW
         Component: vulnerability
          Keywords: Security
          Severity: high
          Priority: high
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  Target Milestone: ---
    Classification: Other

Gnome Pango 1.42 and later is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: The
heap based buffer overflow can be used to get code execution. The component is:
function name: pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels, assignment of nchars and the
loop condition. The attack vector is: Bug can be used when application pass
invalid utf-8 strings to functions like pango_itemize.

External References:

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153838/USN-4081-1.txt