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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-05-15T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T09:05:39.253Z

Reserved: 2013-12-03T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-0209

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-05-15T14:55:07.247

Modified: 2018-10-09T19:38:03.790

Link: CVE-2014-0209

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-0209 - Bugzilla