CVE-2014-0209

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-05-15 14:55:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-09 19:38:00

Affected Software

X.Org LibXFont 1.2.3

1.2.3

X.Org LibXFont 1.2.4

1.2.4

X.Org LibXFont 1.2.5

1.2.5

X.Org LibXFont 1.2.6

1.2.6

X.Org LibXFont 1.2.7

1.2.7

X.Org LibXFont 1.2.8

1.2.8

X.Org LibXFont 1.2.9

1.2.9

X.Org LibXFont 1.3.0

1.3.0

X.Org LibXFont 1.3.1

1.3.1

X.Org LibXFont 1.3.2

1.3.2

X.Org LibXFont 1.3.3

1.3.3

X.Org LibXFont 1.3.4

1.3.4

X.Org LibXFont 1.4.0

1.4.0

X.Org LibXFont 1.4.1

1.4.1

X.Org LibXFont 1.4.2

1.4.2

X.Org LibXFont 1.4.3

1.4.3

X.Org LibXFont 1.4.4

1.4.4

X.Org LibXFont 1.4.5

1.4.5

X.Org LibXFont 1.4.6

1.4.6

X.Org LibXFont 1.4.99

1.4.99

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 LTS

10.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

12.04

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10

12.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10

13.10

Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 LTS (Long-Term Support)

14.04

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