CVE-2011-0020

CVE Details

Release Date:	2011-01-24
Impact:	Moderate	What is this?

Description

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.

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	7.6
Vector String:	AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Network
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Complete
Integrity Impact:	Complete
Availability Impact:	Complete

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Enterprise Linux version 4 (evolution28-pango)	ELSA-2011-0180	2011-01-27
Oracle Linux version 5 (pango)	ELSA-2011-0180	2011-01-27
Oracle Linux version 6 (pango)	ELSA-2011-0180	2011-01-27