CVE-2015-1803
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Mar 20, 2015
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 17, 2015
Description
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
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n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- GLSA-201507-21vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SU-2015:0674vendor-advisory
- USN-2536-1vendor-advisory
- FEDORA-2015-4230vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2015:1708vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2015:0614vendor-advisory
- 1031935vdb-entry
- FEDORA-2015-4199vendor-advisory
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- DSA-3194vendor-advisory
- MDVSA-2015:145vendor-advisory
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html
- SUSE-SU-2015:0702vendor-advisory
- 73280vdb-entry
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