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CVE-2014-0209

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FontFileAddEntry and (2) lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FontFileAddEntry and (2) lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 might allow local users to gain privileges by adding a directory with a large fonts.dir or fonts.alias file to the font path, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to metadata.

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.00169
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x libxfont<= 1.4.7
x libxfontall versions

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4.6
MEDIUM · CVSS v2 (legacy) · secalert@redhat.com
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
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AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD15 May 2014 · 02:55 PM

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suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10299-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0674-1
rhsaRHSA-2014:1893Important
rhsaRHSA-2014:1870Important
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