Where
AND
-Infinity
0
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
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
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 )
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 )

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