[Bug 671122] CVE-2011-0020 pango: Heap-based buffer overflow by rendering glyph box for certain FT_Bitmap objects

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--- Comment #6 from Josh Bressers (Security Response Team) <bressers at redhat.com> 2011-01-21 13:43:17 EST ---
I've looked over how pango is used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. I do not
believe this poses a significant risk. Nothing that uses pango for layout will
accept arbitrary font input. Since this bug needs a malformed font, user
interaction will be needed to exploit this flaw.

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