Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
9.8
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

First published (updated )
Severity
9.3
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Buffer Overflow, Integer Overflow
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

A heap buffer overflow in BitmapScaleBitmaps in libXfont2 before 2.0.8 due to an overflowing 32bit size could be used by attackers able to access the X Server to execute code within the X server cont

1 / 4
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

A heap bufferflow in pcfReadFont() due to missing glyph bounds checking in libXfont2 before 2.0.8  allows attackers authenticated as X client to execute code within the X server.

1 / 4
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
8.8
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

A heap buffer overflow due to missing size checking in the property buffer when parsing PCF files in libXfont2 ComputeScaledProperties() before libXfont2 before 2.0.8 could be used by attackers using authenticated X clients to execute code within the X server.

1 / 4
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
8.5
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly perform type conversion for metrics values, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.5
Null Pointer Dereference
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly handle character bitmaps it cannot read, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

The bdfReadProperties function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative or (2) large property count in a BDF font file.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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) fsrecvconnsetup, (2) fsreadopenfont, (3) fsreadqueryinfo, (4) fsreadextentinfo, (5) fsreadglyphs, (6) fsreadlist, or (7) fsreadlistinfo function.

First published (updated )
Severity
7.5
Buffer Overflow, Integer Overflow
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fsgetreply, (2) fsallocglyphs, and (3) fsreadextentinfo 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.

First published (updated )
Severity
5.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open (but not read) files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files.

1 / 2
Source: MITRE
First published (updated )
Severity
4.6
Buffer Overflow, Integer Overflow
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

First published (updated )

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