CVE-2009-1194
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Integer overflow in the pango_glyph_string_set_size function in pango/glyphstring.c in Pango before 1.24 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long glyph string that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, as demonstrated by a long document.location value in Firefox.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 5.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (pango) | RHSA-2009:0476 | 2009-05-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RHSA-2009:0476 | 2009-05-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (pango) | RHSA-2009:0476 | 2009-05-08 |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank Will Drewry for reporting this issue.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation