Buffer overflow in GNOME Pango
CVE-2010-0421
Array 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.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.024 (83.7th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.024 · change: -0.000
Affected products
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- ftp.gnome.org/pub/GNOME/sources/pango/1.27/pango-1.27.1.tar.bz2 (Patch)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-04/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-05/msg00002.html (vendor-advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html (vendor-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/39041 (third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-2019 (vendor-advisory)
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisories (vendor-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0140.html (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/38760 (vdb-entry)