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CVE-2014-0210

Multiple buffer overflows in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execu

Multiple buffer overflows in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs protocol reply to the (1) _fs_recv_conn_setup, (2) fs_read_open_font, (3) fs_read_query_info, (4) fs_read_extent_info, (5) fs_read_glyphs, (6) fs_read_list, or (7) fs_read_list_info function.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.02105
Schedule remediation
  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Weakness Classification

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
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Affected Products & Versions

3
x libxfont<= 1.4.7
x libxfontall versions
canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.5
HIGH · 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.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Published to NVD15 May 2014 · 02:55 PM
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Vendor Advisories

5
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10299-1
suse-csafSUSE-SU-2015:0674-1
usnUSN-2211-1
rhsaRHSA-2014:1893Important
rhsaRHSA-2014:1870Important
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References & Sources

13
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.htmlVendor Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
http://secunia.com/advisories/59154
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