Heap-based Buffer Overflow in Pango Library's pango_ft2_font_render_box_glyph Function

CVE-2011-0020 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:H/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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