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CVE-2011-0020 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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

see all 30 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-119	Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
gnome pango	<= 1.28.3 1.28.0 1.28.1 1.28.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:gnome:pango:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:gnome:pango:1.28.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:pango:1.28.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:gnome:pango:1.28.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
pango pango	0.20 0.21 0.22 0.23 0.24
CPE cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:0.20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:0.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:0.22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:0.23:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:0.24:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:0.25:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:0.26:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.18:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.19:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.23:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.24:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.25:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.26:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:1.27:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

12 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 13, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 2, 2023	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 14, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 14, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 14, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Jul 14, 2021	CPE Deprecation Remap	[email protected]
Aug 17, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 25, 2011	Initial Analysis	[email protected]