CVE-2010-0421

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0421
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-03-18 17:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionArray index error in the hb_ot_layout_build_glyph_classes function in pango/opentype/hb-ot-layout.cc in Pango before 1.27.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted font file, related to building a synthetic Glyph Definition (aka GDEF) table by using this font's charmap and the Unicode property database.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Pango All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 555831 – CVE-2010-0421 libpangoft2 segfaults on forged font files af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:013 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:012 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Pango GDEF Array Indexing Error in Font Library Lets Users Deny Service af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2010:009 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian update for pango1.0 - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2019-1 pango1.0 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2010:121 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pango/1.27/pango-1.27.1.tar.bz2 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ftp.gnome.org Patch
Pango Glyph Definition Table Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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