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 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.
Published: 2015-03-20
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: 2.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-183-1 libxfont security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3194-1 libxfont security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-1929 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2536-1 libXfont vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
X Libxfont
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:54:16.301Z

Reserved: 2015-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1804

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2015-03-20T14:59:03.403

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

Link: CVE-2015-1804

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2015-03-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-1804 - Bugzilla

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