CVE-2019-1010238

Exp

Gnome Pango 1.42 and later is affected by: Buffer Overflow. The impact is: The heap based buffer overflow can be used to get code execution. The component is: function name: pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels, assignment of nchars and the loop condition. The attack vector is: Bug can be used when application pass invalid utf-8 strings to functions like pango_itemize.

Published: 2019-07-19 Last update: 2024-11-21 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2019-1010238 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 6.27%, 93th percentile). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2019-1010238

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2019-1010238

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 9.77% 6.27% -3.49%
2 2026-06-01 3.69% 9.77% +6.08%
3 2026-05-04 — 3.69% —

Full EPSS history (30 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2019-1010238

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
9.8 3.1 CRITICAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:H)
They could widely tamper with or forge data—trust in the data is badly hurt.
Availability (A:H)
Could take the service down hard or make it unusable for people who depend on it.
 3.9 5.9 [email protected]
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2019-1010238

OS Trackers for CVE-2019-1010238

vendor priority summary link
alpine critical CVE-2019-1010238: 1 source package rows (pango); 10 state rows across 10 repos (3.10-main, 3.11-main, 3.12-main, 3.17-main, 3.18-main, 3.19-main, 3.20-main, 3.21-main, 3.22-main, edge-main); fixed 10, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-1010238
debian not yet assigned CVE-2019-1010238 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (pango1.0), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-1010238
gentoo normal CVE-2019-1010238: 1 GLSA(s) (201909-03), 1 atom(s) (x11-libs/pango); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2019-1010238
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-1010238
suse high CVE-2019-1010238 severity important: SUSE including 12 source package names (libpango-1_0-0, libpango-1_0-0-32bit, …), 75 product×package rows across 26 product lines (SLES for SAP Applications 11 SP3, SUSE Liberty Linux 7, … (26 product lines)): Known Not Affected 67, Fixed 8. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-1010238/
ubuntu medium CVE-2019-1010238 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (pango1.0), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bionic, disco, trusty, upstream, xenial): not-affected 2, DNE 1, needs-triage 1, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-1010238

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2019-1010238

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
gnome pango >= 1.42.0, <= 1.44 cpe:2.3:a:gnome:pango:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle sd-wan_edge 7.3 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:sd-wan_edge:7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle sd-wan_edge 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:sd-wan_edge:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle sd-wan_edge 8.1 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:sd-wan_edge:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle sd-wan_edge 8.2 cpe:2.3:a:oracle:sd-wan_edge:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 29 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:29:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fedoraproject fedora 30 cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 10.0 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 19.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:19.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 3.11 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat openshift_container_platform 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_container_platform:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux 8.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_desktop 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_eus 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_eus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_aus 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_aus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.6 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 7.7 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_server_tus 8.4 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server_tus:8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat enterprise_linux_workstation 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2019-1010238

URL Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:2824 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2571 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2582 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2594 Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3234 Third Party Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/commits/main/pango/pango-bidi-type.c Patch Vendor Advisory
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/pango/-/issues/342 Exploit Issue Tracking Vendor Advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/D6HWAHXJ2ZXINYMANHPFDDCJFWUQ57M4/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VFFF4FY7SCAYT3EKTYPGRN6BVKZTH7Y7/
https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Aug/14 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201909-03 Third Party Advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4081-1/ Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4496 Third Party Advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html Patch Third Party Advisory
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