MEDIUM
gnome-font-viewer: NULL pointer dereference in text_to_glyphs in sushi-font-widget.c
Published Nov 27, 2019
5.5
MEDIUMCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.91%
Description
In text_to_glyphs in sushi-font-widget.c in gnome-font-viewer 3.34.0, there is a NULL pointer dereference while parsing a TTF font file that lacks a name section (due to a g_strconcat call that returns NULL).
Affected products
No data.
- 3.34.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
gnome-font-viewer
Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8
gnome-font-viewer
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | gnome-font-viewer | Not affected | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | gnome-font-viewer | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
This issue did not affect the versions of gnome-font-viewer as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7, and 8 as they did not include the vulnerable code.
Weaknesses (1)
References (6)
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19308 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1777938 Issue Tracking
- https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-font-viewer/blob/919dfbe684b75904563b8c6723c9778a4e00aad7/src/sushi-font-widget.c#L115-L117 x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-font-viewer/issues/17 x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19308
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19308
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-19308 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1777938 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://github.com/GNOME/gnome-font-viewer/blob/919dfbe684b75904563b8c6723c9778a4e00aad7/src/sushi-font-widget.c#L115-L117 | x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory | |
| https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gnome-font-viewer/issues/17 | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchThird Party Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-19308 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-19308 |
Change history (0)
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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 27, 2019
Updated Aug 5, 2024
Reserved Nov 26, 2019
Link CVE-2019-19308
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a