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CVE-2011-3193

Published: Jun 16, 2012Updated: Apr 29, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVD BDUCWE-787
9.3CRITICAL
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
7.5%
Top 6.1%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the Lookup_MarkMarkPos function in the HarfBuzz module (harfbuzz-gpos.c), as used by Qt before 4.7.4 and Pango, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted font file.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:NC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:NAuthentication
None
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

CWE-787

Affected Products

The CentOS Project
oss-project·USaka centos
CentOSOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
gnome
oss-project·USaka gnome project, glib
pangoOn-prem
Consumer Software / file-utility
qt
commercial
qtLibraryLibrary
OSS Libraries / generic-library
canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
ubuntu linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
redhat
commercial·USaka red hat
enterprise linux workstationOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
opensuse
oss-project·DE
opensuseOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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Attack Graph

Products CVE Techniques Tactics

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MITRE ATT&CK

2 techniques
Initial Access
Privilege Escalation
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References

http://secunia.com/advisories/46371
secunia.com
http://git.gnome.org/browse/pango/commit/pango/opentype/harfbuzz-gpos.c?id=a7a715480db66148b1f487528887508a7991dcd0
git.gnome.org
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1504-1
ubuntu.com
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