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DEBIAN-CVE-2019-18281
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 attack...
Original description
The description as published by the source.
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.
Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV
Affected packages
Debian:12
qtbase-opensource-src
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.12.5+dfsg-2"}]}]
Debian:13
qtbase-opensource-src
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.12.5+dfsg-2"}]}]
Debian:14
qtbase-opensource-src
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.12.5+dfsg-2"}]}]
Debian:12
qtbase-opensource-src-gles
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.12.5+dfsg-1"}]}]
Debian:13
qtbase-opensource-src-gles
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.12.5+dfsg-1"}]}]
Debian:14
qtbase-opensource-src-gles
[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"5.12.5+dfsg-1"}]}]
References
- advisory security-tracker.debian.org