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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…
High7.6EPSS 18.9%
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- Updated
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 18.9% · top 2.7% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.6.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (15)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671122 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639882 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango1.0/+bug/696616 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1024994 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- pango-pango-bo(64832) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- SUSE-SR:2011:005 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110118 CVE request: heap corruption in libpango (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 70596 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 43100 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2011:0180 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110120 Re: CVE request: heap corruption in libpango (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0186 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 42934 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 45842 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2011-0238 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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