CVE-2012-1176

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-1176
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-26 20:55:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the fribidi_utf8_to_unicode function in PyFriBidi before 0.11.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a 4-byte utf-8 sequence.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Fribidi Pyfribidi All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: pyfribidi-0.11.0-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
801896 – (CVE-2012-1176) CVE-2012-1176 pyfribidi: buffer overflow when handling 4-byte utf-8 sequences af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Issues · pediapress/pyfribidi · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: pyfribidi-0.11.0-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE request: pyfribidi buffer overflow flaw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: pyfribidi-0.11.0-1.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
refactor pyfribidi.c module · pediapress/pyfribidi@d2860c6 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
oss-security - CVE request: pyfribidi buffer overflow flaw af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
#663189 - buffer overflow in python-pyfribidi - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Google Groups af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
⚓ T37055 backtrace when getting a PDF af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.wikimedia.org
FriBidi Python binding (pyfribidi) Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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