CVE-2009-1194

Summary

CVECVE-2009-1194
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-05-11 15:30:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 01:17:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the pango_glyph_string_set_size function in pango/glyphstring.c in Pango before 1.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long glyph string that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated by a long document.location value in Firefox.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pango Pango 1.10 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.12 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.14 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.16 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.18 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.2 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.20 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.4 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.6 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.8 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.10 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.12 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.14 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.16 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.18 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.2 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.20 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.4 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.6 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.8 All All All
Application Pango Pango All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Mozilla Firefox 3.0.12 ( SUSE lists.opensuse.org
480134 – (CVE-2009-1194) Heap/integer overflows during font glyph rendering reachable in FF and Camino (libpango, CoreGraphics) CONFIRM bugzilla.mozilla.org
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
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SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
Red Hat update for pango - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
USN-773-1: Pango vulnerability | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Announcement: Mozilla Firefox 3.0 (SUS SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE-2009-1194 CONFIRM launchpad.net
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1798-1 pango1.0 DEBIAN www.debian.org
oss-security - [oCERT-2009-001] Pango integer overflow in heap allocation size calculations MLIST www.openwall.com
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
496887 – (CVE-2009-1194) CVE-2009-1194 pango: pango_glyph_string_set_size integer overflow CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
Pango 'pango_glyph_string_set_size()' Integer Overflow Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Mozilla Firefox Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
RETIRED: Mozilla Firefox MFSA 2009-34, -35, -36, -37, -39, -40 Multiple Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
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[glyphstring] Handle overflow with very long glyphstrings · bratsche/pango@4de30e5 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com
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oCERT.org - oCERT Advisories MISC www.ocert.org Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
MFSA 2009-36: Heap/integer overflows in font glyph rendering libraries CONFIRM www.mozilla.org
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:012 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Pango Integer Overflow in pango_glyph_string_set_size() May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
264308 SUNALERT sunsolve.sun.com
Security Advisory SA36145 - SUSE update for MozillaFirefox - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
SUSE update for MozillaFirefox - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2009-1194 MISC access.redhat.com
54279 OSVDB osvdb.org
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Ubuntu update for Pango - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
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