CVE-2011-0020

Summary

CVECVE-2011-0020
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2011-01-24 18:00:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 03:22:00 UTC
DescriptionHeap-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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-119

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Pango 1.28.0 All All All
Application Gnome Pango 1.28.1 All All All
Application Gnome Pango 1.28.2 All All All
Application Gnome Pango All All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.20 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.21 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.22 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.23 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.24 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.25 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.26 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.0 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.1 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.10 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.11 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.12 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.13 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.14 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.15 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.16 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.17 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.18 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.19 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.2 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.20 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.21 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.22 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.23 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.24 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.25 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.26 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.27 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.28.0 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.28.1 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.28.2 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.3 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.4 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.5 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.6 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.7 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.8 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.9 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.20 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.21 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.22 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.23 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.24 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.25 All All All
Application Pango Pango 0.26 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.0 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.1 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.10 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.11 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.12 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.13 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.14 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.15 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.16 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.17 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.18 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.19 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.2 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.20 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.21 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.22 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.23 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.24 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.25 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.26 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.27 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.28.0 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.28.1 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.28.2 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.3 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.4 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.5 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.6 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.7 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.8 All All All
Application Pango Pango 1.9 All All All
Application Pango Pango All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Webmail - OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
Pango "pango_ft2_font_render_box_glyph()" Buffer Overflow Vulnerability - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Pango Font Parsing 'pangoft2-render.c' Heap Corruption Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
Bug 639882 – Heap corruption in font parsing with FreeType2 backend MISC bugzilla.gnome.org
Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Red Hat update for pango and evolution28-pango - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
Bug 671122 – CVE-2011-0020 pango: Heap-based buffer overflow by rendering glyph box for certain FT_Bitmap objects CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
access.redhat.com | CVE-2011-0020 MISC access.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
oss-security - CVE request: heap corruption in libpango MLIST openwall.com Exploit
oss-security - Re: CVE request: heap corruption in libpango MLIST openwall.com Exploit
Pango Heap Overflow in pango_ft2_font_render_box_glyph() Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
70596 OSVDB osvdb.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Bug #696616 “Heap corruption in font parsing with FreeType2 back...” : Bugs : pango1.0 package : Ubuntu CONFIRM bugs.launchpad.net Exploit
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2011:005 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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