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high 7.8

CVE-2022-25308 json

A stack-based buffer overflow flaw was found in the Fribidi package

published 2022-09-06 4 y ago modified 2026-07-18 3 mo ago also EUVD-2022-29992 , JLSEC-2025-170

cvss
7.8
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • julia FriBidi_jll 1.0.14+0
  • gnu fribidi 1.0.12
  • fribidi Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.0.8-2.1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-25308

  • fribidi Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 0.19.7-2ubuntu0.1
  • fribidi Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.0.8-2ubuntu0.1
  • fribidi Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.0.8-2ubuntu3.1
  • fribidi Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 0.19.7-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-25308

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • fribidi RHEL 9 1.0.10-6.el9.2
  • fribidi RHEL 8 1.0.4-9.el8

red hat advisories RHSA-2022:8011RHSA-2022:7514

  • fribidi SLES for SAP 15 SP1, SLES for SAP 15, SLES 15-LTSS +7 more 0.19.6-150000.3.3.1
  • fribidi SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP4, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP4, openSUSE Leap 15.4 1.0.10-150400.3.3.1
  • fribidi SLES for SAP 12 SP5, SLES 12 SP5, SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 0.19.2-14.3.1
  • fribidi SLE Module for Desktop Applications 15 SP3, SLE Module for Basesystem 15 SP3, SLE Micro 5.2 +1 more 1.0.5-150200.3.6.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2022:2029-1SUSE-SU-2022:1898-1SUSE-SU-2022:1845-1SUSE-SU-2022:1844-1

  • fribidi AlmaLinux 9 1.0.10-6.el9.2
  • fribidi AlmaLinux 8 1.0.4-9.el8

almalinux advisories ALSA-2022:8011ALSA-2022:7514

  • fribidi Rocky Linux 9 1.0.10-6.el9.2
  • fribidi Rocky Linux 8 1.0.4-9.el8

rocky linux advisories RLSA-2022:8011RLSA-2022:7514

  • fribidi Alpine 3.24, Alpine 3.23, Alpine 3.22 +6 more 1.0.12-r0

alpine advisories ALPINE-CVE-2022-25308

Alpine secdb © Alpine Linux, from https://secdb.alpinelinux.org via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • fribidi CBL-Mariner 2.0 1.0.12-1

azure linux advisories AZL-10854

Azure Linux vulnerability data, Copyright (c) Microsoft Corporation, from https://github.com/microsoft/AzureLinuxVulnerabilityData via OSV, under the MIT licence; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. MIT

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2022-25308 updated cvss 7.0

fribidi: Stack based buffer overflow

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 fribidi
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 8) fribidi 1.0.4-9.el8
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:7514
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AppStream (v. 9) fribidi 1.0.10-6.el9.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2022:8011

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Exploit prediction

0.54% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • github.com https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/pull/184 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • github.com https://github.com/fribidi/fribidi/issues/181 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
OSV 3.1 7.8 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
julia FriBidi_jll
<1.0.14+0
1.0.14+0

Affected products

  • n/a fribidi

Classification

Weakness

References

Sources

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