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CVE-2011-0020

Published: 24 January 2011

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.

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
pango1.0
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
dapper Ignored
(end of life)
hardy
Released (1.20.5-0ubuntu1.2)
karmic
Released (1.26.0-1ubuntu0.1)
lucid
Released (1.28.0-0ubuntu2.2)
maverick
Released (1.28.2-0ubuntu1.1)
upstream Needs triage

Patches:
upstream: http://git.gnome.org/browse/pango/commit/?id=4e6248d76f55c6184f28afe614d7d76b6fa3d455
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of GNU C Library heap protector in Ubuntu.