CVE-2011-0020

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the pango_ft2_font_render_box_glyph function in pango/pangoft2-render.c in libpango in Pango 1.28.3 and earlier, when the FreeType2 backend is enabled, allows user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file, related to the glyph box for an FT_Bitmap object.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64832

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639882

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0238

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0186

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024994

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45842

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0180.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/43100

http://secunia.com/advisories/42934

http://osvdb.org/70596

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3