CVE-2014-0211

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Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fs_get_reply, (2) fs_alloc_glyphs, and (3) fs_read_extent_info functions in X.Org

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fs_get_reply, (2) fs_alloc_glyphs, and (3) fs_read_extent_info functions 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 reply, which triggers a buffer overflow.

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 0.02432

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CVSS base score ≥ 7.0

Sigma rules0 YARA rules0

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Affected Products & Versions

canonical ubuntu linuxall versions
x libxfont<= 1.4.7
x libxfontall 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

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

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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http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html

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