CVE-2010-3444 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a crash or execute arbitrary code via crafted Arabic UTF-8 strings in the GNU FriBidi library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2010-3444?
CVE-2010-3444 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 11 Jan 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Buffer overflow in the log2vis_utf8 function in pyfribidi.c in GNU FriBidi 0.19.1, 0.19.2, and possibly other versions, as used in PyFriBidi 0.10.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted Arabic UTF-8 string that causes original 2-byte UTF-8 sequences to be transformed into 3-byte sequences.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2010-3444?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fribidi Gnu Fribidi, Kobi Zamir Pyfribidi.
How do I fix CVE-2010-3444?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2010-3444 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2010-3444 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2010-3444, GHSA-mp89-6v8w-j8gv.