CVE-2009-1194

NameCVE-2009-1194
DescriptionInteger 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1798-1
Debian Bugs527474

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
pango1.0 (PTS)bullseye1.46.2-3fixed
bookworm1.50.12+ds-1fixed
sid, trixie1.54.0+ds-3fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
pango1.0sourceetch1.14.8-5+etch1DSA-1798-1
pango1.0sourcelenny1.20.5-3+lenny1DSA-1798-1
pango1.0source(unstable)1.24.0-2medium527474

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