CVEvulnerability

CVE-2019-19451

5.5 MEDIUM Published 2019-11-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2019-11-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
5.5 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-835

Description

When GNOME Dia before 2019-11-27 is launched with a filename argument that is not a valid codepoint in the current encoding, it enters an endless loop, thus endlessly writing text to stdout. If this launch is from a thumbnailer service, this output will usually be written to disk via the system's logging facility (potentially with elevated privileges), thus filling up the disk and eventually rendering the system unusable. (The filename can be for a nonexistent file.) NOTE: this does not affect an upstream release, but affects certain Linux distribution packages with version numbers such as 0.97.3.

Affected configurations

• gnome dia (< 2019-11-27) • fedoraproject fedora 32 • fedoraproject fedora 33 • opensuse leap 15.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-835 Loop with Unreachable Exit Condition weakness

References