CVE-2011-0020

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-119

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/18/6Exploit
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/2Exploit
• 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/2011/0186Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0238
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango1.0/+bug/696616Exploit
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639882
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671122Exploit
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64832
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/18/6Exploit
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/2Exploit
• 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/2011/0186Vendor Advisory
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0238
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango1.0/+bug/696616Exploit
• https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639882
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671122Exploit
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64832

Published

Jan 24, 2011

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified

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