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 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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.6 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 18.9% (97th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-0046)
- Published
- January 24, 2011
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-0046 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- gnome / pango
- gnome / pango
- gnome / pango
- gnome / pango
- pango / pango
- pango / pango
- pango / pango
- pango / pango
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- pango / pango
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-04/msg00000.html
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/18/6(Exploit)
- http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/20/2(Exploit)
- http://osvdb.org/70596
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42934
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43100
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0180.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45842
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024994
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0186(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0238
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/pango1.0/+bug/696616(Exploit)
- https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=639882
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=671122(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64832
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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