Ubuntu Security Update USN-5366-1: FriBidi vulnerabilities

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It was discovered that FriBidi incorrectly handled processing of input strings resulting in memory corruption. An attacker could use this issue to cause FriBidi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25308) It was discovered that FriBidi incorrectly validated input data to its CapRTL unicode encoder, resulting in memory corruption. An attacker could use this issue to cause FriBidi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25309) It was discovered that FriBidi incorrectly handled empty input when removing marks from unicode strings, resulting in a crash. An attacker could use this to cause FriBidi to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or potentially execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2022-25310)

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