CVE-2022-25308

Publication date 22 February 2022

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.8 · High

Score breakdown

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
fribidi 22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 1.0.8-2ubuntu3.1
21.10 impish
Fixed 1.0.8-2ubuntu2.1
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 1.0.8-2ubuntu0.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 0.19.7-2ubuntu0.1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 0.19.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of standard support

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
fribidi

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.8 · High
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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