Buffer overflow in GNOME Pango
CVE-2011-3193
Heap-based buffer overflow in the Lookup_MarkMarkPos function in the HarfBuzz module (harfbuzz-gpos.c), as used by Qt before 4.7.4 and Pango, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.073 (94.1th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 94th percentile — 94.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.075 · newest: 0.073 · change: -0.003
Affected products
- GNOME Pango
- Qt
- Canonical Ubuntu Linux — versions 10.04, 11.04
- openSUSE — versions 11.3, 11.4
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Eus — versions 6.1
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation — versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/46371 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- git.gnome.org/browse/pango/commit/pango/opentype/harfbuzz-gpos.c (Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1504-1 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/24/8 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2011-10/msg00007.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/41537 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/46410 (Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1327.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1325.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/22/6 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)