CVE-2011-0020 EXPLOIT

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.

Scoring

Affected (2)

Public exploits

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/18/6
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/2
• http://osvdb.org/70596
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42934
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43100
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0180.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45842
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024994
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0186
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0238
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango1.0/+bug/696616
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639882
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671122
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64832
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/18/6
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/2
• http://osvdb.org/70596
• http://secunia.com/advisories/42934