CVE-2007-5199 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 2017-08-18

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-5180	A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Low

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00506.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=327854
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=5bf703700ee4a5d6eae20da07cb7a29369667aef
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5199
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5199

History

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Subscriptions

X Libxfont

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-08-18T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:24:42.349Z

Reserved: 2007-10-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2007-5199

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-08-18T20:29:00.193

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2007-5199

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2007-09-28T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2007-5199 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

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