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qt5-qtbase: Out-of-bounds access in generateDirectionalRuns() function in qtextengine.cpp

Published Oct 23, 2019

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.

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Remediation

Red Hat 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.

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 23, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Oct 23, 2019
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 17, 2026
Red Hat
Severity Low
Public date Oct 23, 2019
ENISA EUVD
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 23, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Exploited since n/a
EUVD-2019-8070