Description
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.
Published: 2014-05-15
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
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Action: n/a
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Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-2927-1 libxfont security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2014-0259 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2211-1 libXfont vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
X Libxfont
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

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

Reserved: 2013-12-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-0209

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2014-0209

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

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

Links: CVE-2014-0209 - Bugzilla

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