CVE-2019-18281
published 2019-10-23CVE-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 attackers to…
PriorityP418medium4.3CVSS 3.1
AVNACLPRNUIRSUCNINAL
EPSS
2.05%
78.8th percentile
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.
Affected
6 ranges
| Vendor | Product | Version range | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | debian_linux | — | — |
| debian | qtbase-opensource-src | < qtbase-opensource-src 5.12.5+dfsg-2 (bookworm) | qtbase-opensource-src 5.12.5+dfsg-2 (bookworm) |
| debian | qtbase-opensource-src-gles | < qtbase-opensource-src 5.12.5+dfsg-2 (bookworm) | qtbase-opensource-src 5.12.5+dfsg-2 (bookworm) |
| qt | qtbase | 5.11.0 – 5.11.3 | — |
| qt | qtbase | >= 5.12.0 < 5.12.5 | 5.12.5 |
CVSS provenance
nvdv3.14.3MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
nvdv2.04.3MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
osv5.5MEDIUM
vendor_ubuntu5.5MEDIUM
vendor_debian4.3MEDIUM
vendor_redhat4.3MEDIUM
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Ubuntu
Qt vulnerabilities
vendor_ubuntu·2020-02-10·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-19872 [MEDIUM] Qt vulnerabilities
Title: Qt vulnerabilities
Summary: Several security issues were fixed in Qt.
It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain PPM images. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PPM file,
a remote attacker could cause Qt to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-19872)
It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain text files. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted text
file, a remote attacker could cause Qt to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-18281)
It was discovered that Qt incorrectly searched for plugins in the current
working directory. An attacker could possibly use
Red Hat
qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp
vendor_redhat·2019-10-23·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-18281 [MEDIUM] CWE-119 qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp
qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp
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.
Statement: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is not affected by this issue as qt5-base version as shipped with it doesn't have the code which contains the bug.
Package: qt5-qtbase (Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7) - Not affected
Debian
CVE-2019-18281: qtbase-opensource-src - An out-of-bounds memory access in the generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtex...
vendor_debian·2019·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-18281 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-18281: qtbase-opensource-src - An out-of-bounds memory access in the generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtex...
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.
Scope: local
bookworm: resolved (fixed in 5.12.5+dfsg-2)
bullseye: resolved (fixed in 5.12.5+dfsg-2)
forky: resolved (fixed in 5.12.5+dfsg-2)
sid: resolved (fixed in 5.12.5+dfsg-2)
trixie: resolved (fixed in 5.12.5+dfsg-2)
GHSA
GHSA-92xj-745q-j6qr: An out-of-bounds memory access in the generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine
ghsa_unreviewed·2022-05-24
CVE-2019-18281 [MEDIUM] GHSA-92xj-745q-j6qr: An out-of-bounds memory access in the generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine
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.
OSV
qtbase-opensource-src vulnerabilities
osv·2020-02-10·CVSS 5.5
CVE-2018-19872 [MEDIUM] qtbase-opensource-src vulnerabilities
qtbase-opensource-src vulnerabilities
It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain PPM images. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted PPM file,
a remote attacker could cause Qt to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS and Ubuntu 18.04 LTS.
(CVE-2018-19872)
It was discovered that Qt incorrectly handled certain text files. If a user
or automated system were tricked into opening a specially crafted text
file, a remote attacker could cause Qt to crash, resulting in a denial of
service. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.10. (CVE-2019-18281)
It was discovered that Qt incorrectly searched for plugins in the current
working directory. An attacker could possibly use this issue to execute
arbitrary code. (
OSV
CVE-2019-18281: An out-of-bounds memory access in the generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine
osv·2019-10-23·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-18281 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-18281: An out-of-bounds memory access in the generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine
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.
No detection rules found.
No public exploits indexed.
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-18281 qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp [epel-6]
bugzilla·2019-10-23·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-18281 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-18281 qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp [epel-6]
CVE-2019-18281 qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp [epel-6]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-6.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
Discussion:
Use the
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-18281 mingw-qt5-qtbase: qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp [epel-7]
bugzilla·2019-10-23·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-18281 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-18281 mingw-qt5-qtbase: qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp [epel-7]
CVE-2019-18281 mingw-qt5-qtbase: qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp [epel-7]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of epel-7.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
D
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-18281 qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp
bugzilla·2019-10-23·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-18281 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-18281 qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp
CVE-2019-18281 qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp
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.
Upstream patch:
https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/271889
Discussion:
Created mingw-qt5-qtbase tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-7 [bug 1764746]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1764745]
Created qt5-qtbase tracking bugs for this issue:
Affects: epel-6 [bug 1764744]
Affects: fedora-all [bug 1764743]
---
Statement:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 is not affected by this issue as qt5-base version as shipped
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-18281 qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2019-10-23·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-18281 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-18281 qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp [fedora-all]
CVE-2019-18281 qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit message.
NOTE: this i
Bugzilla
CVE-2019-18281 mingw-qt5-qtbase: qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp [fedora-all]
bugzilla·2019-10-23·CVSS 4.3
CVE-2019-18281 [MEDIUM] CVE-2019-18281 mingw-qt5-qtbase: qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp [fedora-all]
CVE-2019-18281 mingw-qt5-qtbase: qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp [fedora-all]
This is an automatically created tracking bug! It was created to ensure
that one or more security vulnerabilities are fixed in affected versions
of fedora-all.
For comments that are specific to the vulnerability please use bugs filed
against the "Security Response" product referenced in the "Blocks" field.
For more information see:
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Security/TrackingBugs
When submitting as an update, use the fedpkg template provided in the next
comment(s). This will include the bug IDs of this tracking bug as well as
the relevant top-level CVE bugs.
Please also mention the CVE IDs being fixed in the RPM changelog and the
fedpkg commit mess
https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-77819https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtbase-opensource-src/+bug/1848784https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/271889https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/4https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-60https://usn.ubuntu.com/4275-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4556https://bugreports.qt.io/browse/QTBUG-77819https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/qtbase-opensource-src/+bug/1848784https://codereview.qt-project.org/c/qt/qtbase/+/271889https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/4https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-60https://usn.ubuntu.com/4275-1/https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4556
2019-10-23
Published