CVE-2010-0421 (GCVE-0-2010-0421)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-03-18 17:12 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:45
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
redhat CNA under the redhat root
CNA scorecard B 81/100 over 978 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2010-03-15 00:00
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