CVE-2012-1176

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    CVE-2012-1176

    Published: 26 Aug 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Buffer overflow in the fribidi_utf8_to_unicode function in PyFriBidi before 0.11.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a 4-byte utf-8 sequence.

    References: https://github.com/pediapress/pyfribidi/commit/d2860c655357975e7b32d84e6b45e98f0dcecd7a, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=801896, https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35055, https://github.com/pediapress/pyfribidi/issues/2%29:, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=663189, http://groups.google.com/group/linux.debian.bugs.dist/browse_thread/thread/aacd036037217998/8d095f85f3665bff?lnk=raot, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/075293.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076038.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-March/076053.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/4, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/14/9, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52451, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74001

    Affected packages

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    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Confidentiality
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    Integrity
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    Availability
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