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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DSA-1798-1 | New pango1.0 packages fix arbitrary code execution |
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EUVD-2009-1193 | 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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USN-773-1 | Pango vulnerability |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-07T05:04:49.105Z
Reserved: 2009-03-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2009-1194

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2009-05-11T15:30:00.377
Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490
Link: CVE-2009-1194


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