The hb_buffer_ensure function in hb-buffer.c in HarfBuzz, as used in Pango 1.28.3, Firefox, and other products, does not verify that memory reallocations succeed, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted OpenType font data that triggers use of an incorrect index.
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/harfbuzz/commit/?id=a6a79df5fe2ed2cd307e7a991346faee164e70d9
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-March/056065.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/43559
http://secunia.com/advisories/43572
http://secunia.com/advisories/43578
http://secunia.com/advisories/43800
http://securitytracker.com/id?1025145
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2178
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:040
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0309.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46632
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1082-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0543
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0555
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0558
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0584
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0683
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=606997
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672502
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=678563
Source: MITRE
Published: 2011-03-07
Updated: 2017-08-17
Type: NVD-CWE-Other
Base Score: 6.8
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Impact Score: 6.4
Exploitability Score: 8.6
Severity: MEDIUM
OR
ID | Name | Product | Family | Severity |
---|---|---|---|---|
75599 | openSUSE Security Update : libpango-1_0-0 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0221-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
74056 | GLSA-201405-13 : Pango: Multiple vulnerabilities | Nessus | Gentoo Local Security Checks | critical |
68212 | Oracle Linux 6 : pango (ELSA-2011-0309) | Nessus | Oracle Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
60970 | Scientific Linux Security Update : pango on SL6.x i386/x86_64 | Nessus | Scientific Linux Local Security Checks | medium |
53753 | openSUSE Security Update : libpango-1_0-0 (openSUSE-SU-2011:0221-1) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
52960 | SuSE 11.1 Security Update : pango (SAT Patch Number 4065) | Nessus | SuSE Local Security Checks | high |
52696 | Fedora 14 : pango-1.28.1-5.fc14 (2011-3194) | Nessus | Fedora Local Security Checks | medium |
52541 | Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : pango (MDVSA-2011:040) | Nessus | Mandriva Local Security Checks | medium |
52529 | Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 9.10 / 10.04 LTS / 10.10 : pango1.0 vulnerabilities (USN-1082-1) | Nessus | Ubuntu Local Security Checks | high |
52512 | Debian DSA-2178-1 : pango1.0 - NULL pointer dereference | Nessus | Debian Local Security Checks | medium |
52493 | RHEL 6 : pango (RHSA-2011:0309) | Nessus | Red Hat Local Security Checks | medium |