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FKIE_CVE-2009-1194

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2009-05-11 15:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:06
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://github.com/bratsche/pango/commit/4de30e5500eaeb49f4bf0b7a07f718e149a2ed5e
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://osvdb.org/54279
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35018
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35021
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35027
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35038
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35685
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/35914
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/36005
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/36145
secalert@redhat.comhttp://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1798
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-36.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-001.htmlPatch
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/07/1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0476.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503349/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34870
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022196
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-773-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1269
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480134
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496887Exploit
secalert@redhat.comhttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50397
secalert@redhat.comhttps://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1194
secalert@redhat.comhttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10137
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://github.com/bratsche/pango/commit/4de30e5500eaeb49f4bf0b7a07f718e149a2ed5e
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00002.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-07/msg00005.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00002.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/54279
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35018
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35021
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35027
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35038
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35685
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/35914
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36005
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/36145
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-264308-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1798
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/2009/mfsa2009-36.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2009-001.htmlPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/05/07/1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0476.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503349/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34870
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35758
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022196
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-773-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1269
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1972
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480134
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=496887Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/50397
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/2009-1194
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10137
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
pango pango *
pango pango 1.2
pango pango 1.4
pango pango 1.6
pango pango 1.8
pango pango 1.10
pango pango 1.12
pango pango 1.14
pango pango 1.16
pango pango 1.18
pango pango 1.20

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          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "secalert@redhat.com"
    }
  ],
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              "versionEndIncluding": "1.22",
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            },
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      "lang": "en",
      "value": "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."
    },
    {
      "lang": "es",
      "value": "Un desbordamiento de entero en la funci\u00f3n pango_glyph_string_set_size en pango/glyphstring.c en Pango antes de la versi\u00f3n v1.24 permite causar una denegaci\u00f3n de servicio (mediante ca\u00edda de la aplicaci\u00f3n) a atacantes dependientes del contexto y posiblemente tambi\u00e9n ejecutar c\u00f3digo arbitrario a trav\u00e9s de una cadena glifo demasiado larga que desencadena un desbordamiento de b\u00fafer basado en mont\u00edculo, como se ha demostrado por un valor document.location demasiado largo en Firefox."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2009-1194",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:06:44.603",
  "metrics": {
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        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "MEDIUM",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "baseScore": 6.8,
          "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P",
          "version": "2.0"
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        "exploitabilityScore": 8.6,
        "impactScore": 6.4,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
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  },
  "published": "2009-05-11T15:30:00.377",
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      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/35685"
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  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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          "value": "CWE-189"
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      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
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  ]
}



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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

Author Source Type Date Other

Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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Detection rules are retrieved from Rulezet.

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Related by attack behaviour

Vulnerabilities whose description is nearest to this one in the vector space of the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-biencoder model. This is a similarity search over the bi-encoder space (plain cosine), not a classification, and it has no measured accuracy.


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