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 perform type conversion for metrics values, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2015-03-20T14:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-06T04:54:16.301Z
Reserved: 2015-02-17T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-1804
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Modified
Published: 2015-03-20T14:59:03.403
Modified: 2024-11-21T02:26:10.813
Link: CVE-2015-1804
Redhat