CVE-2014-0209
CVE-2014-0209
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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.
EPSS 0.4% · Fix available
- Published
- Updated
Stack: system
Affected products and versions
n/a
- Versions
- n/a: Affected
No fix published
libxfont Debian:12
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:1.4.7-2
Update to 1:1.4.7-2
libxfont Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:1.4.7-2
Update to 1:1.4.7-2
libxfont Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:1.4.7-2
Update to 1:1.4.7-2
libxfont Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1:1.4.6-1
- 1:1.4.6-1ubuntu1
- 1:1.4.7-1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1
Update to 1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1
Original sources
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59154
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
- http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0209