CVE-2010-0421

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2010-03-15
Bugzilla:
555831: CVE-2010-0421 libpangoft2 segfaults on forged font files

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Array index error in the hb_ot_layout_build_glyph_classes function in pango/opentype/hb-ot-layout.cc in Pango before 1.27.1 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted font file, related to building a synthetic Glyph Definition (aka GDEF) table by using this font's charmap and the Unicode property database.

Find out more about CVE-2010-0421 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (pango) RHSA-2010:0140 2010-03-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 RHSA-2010:0140 2010-03-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 (pango) RHSA-2010:0140 2010-03-15

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