CVE-2013-6462
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 9, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Nov 4, 2013
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0075vendor-advisory
- [xorg-announce] 20140107 X.Org Security Advisory: CVE-2013-6462: Stack buffer overflow in parsing of BDF font files in libXfontmailing-list
- DSA-2838vendor-advisory
- 56357third-party-advisory
- [oss-security] 20140107 Fwd: X.Org Security Advisory: CVE-2013-6462: Stack buffer overflow in parsing of BDF font files in libXfontmailing-list
- RHSA-2014:0018vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
- 56240third-party-advisory
- 56336third-party-advisory
- USN-2078-1vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0073vendor-advisory
- 56371third-party-advisory
- 101842vdb-entry
- 64694vdb-entry
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=4d024ac10f964f6bd372ae0dd14f02772a6e5f63
- libxfont-cve20136462-bo(90123)vdb-entry
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