4.3
MEDIUM
CVE-2010-0421
Pango: Font Parsing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Description

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.

INFO

Published Date :

March 18, 2010, 5:30 p.m.

Last Modified :

July 14, 2021, 3:41 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

2.9

Exploitability Score :

8.6
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2010-0421 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Gnome pango

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  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]

    Jul. 14, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:pango:pango:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.27 OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnome:pango:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 1.27
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 19, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9417 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9417 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Mar. 19, 2010

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.25 }} 0.00%

score

0.61050

percentile

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