CVE-2017-13722
CVE-2017-13722
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In the pcfGetProperties function in bitmap/pcfread.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, a missing boundary check (for PCF files) could be used by local attackers authenticated to an Xserver for a buffer over-read, for information disclosure or a crash of the X server.
CVSS 7.1 · High · 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: < 1:2.0.1-4
Update to 1:2.0.1-4
libxfont Debian:13
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:2.0.1-4
Update to 1:2.0.1-4
libxfont Debian:14
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:2.0.1-4
Update to 1:2.0.1-4
libxfont Ubuntu:14.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1:1.4.6-1
- 1:1.4.6-1ubuntu1
- 1:1.4.7-1
- 1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1
- 1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.3
Update to 1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.3
libxfont Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1:1.5.1-1
- 1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.1
- 1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.2
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.3
Update to 1:1.5.1-1ubuntu0.16.04.3
libxfont2 Ubuntu:16.04:LTS
- Versions
- 1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.1
- Affected ranges
- ECOSYSTEM: < 1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.2
Update to 1:2.0.1-3~ubuntu16.04.2
Original sources
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=672bb944311392e2415b39c0d63b1e1902905bcd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3995
- https://www.x.org/releases/individual/lib/libXfont2-2.0.2.tar.bz2
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-08
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500693
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049692
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-13722