CVE-2011-0020: gnome pango

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2011-0020 is a high (CVSS 7.6) vulnerability in gnome pango. EPSS estimates a 18.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 5 public exploits are recorded.

Timeline

1. 24-01-2011
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 06-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary. This may result in read or write operations on unexpected memory locations that could be linked to other variables, data structures, or internal program data.