CVE-2019-1010238: pango: pango_log2vis_get_embedding_levels() heap-based buffer overflow

Severity: Critical

CVSS Score: 9.8

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.