CVE-2022-25308 Memory corruption in fribidi
An attacker can cause a denial of service or memory leak by providing a specially crafted file to the Fribidi library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2022-25308?
CVE-2022-25308 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 6 Sep 2022. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Fribidi package. This flaw allows an attacker to pass a specially crafted file to the Fribidi application, which leads to a possible memory leak or a denial of service.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2022-25308?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Gnu Fribidi, Redhat Enterprise Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2022-25308?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2022-25308 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2022-25308 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Enterprise Linux
Sources
Also known as ALPINE-CVE-2022-25308, AZL-10854, CLSA-2026-1778001915, CLSA-2026-1779215113, CLSA-2026-1792444141, DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25308 and 3 more.