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CVE-2009-1194 Detail

Description

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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Hyperlink Resource
http://github.com/bratsche/pango/commit/4de30e5500eaeb49f4bf0b7a07f718e149a2ed5e
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1798
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-36.html
http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-001.html Patch 
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/07/1
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0476.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503349/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34870
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022196
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-773-1
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1269
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480134
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496887 Exploit 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50397
https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1194
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10137

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-189 Numeric Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-1194
NVD Published Date:
05/11/2009
NVD Last Modified:
02/12/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.