Buffer overflow in GNOME Pango

CVE-2011-0020

Heap-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.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.189 (97.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Gnome Pango — versions 1.28.0, 1.28.1, 1.28.2
  • Pango — versions 0.20, 0.21, 0.22
  • N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

References