CVE-2003-0581 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2003-0581

X Fontserver for Truetype fonts (xfstt) 1.4 allows remote attackers...

Vulnerability Description

X Fontserver for Truetype fonts (xfstt) 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) FS_QueryXExtents8 or (2) FS_QueryXBitmaps8 packet, and possibly other types of packets, with a large num_ranges value, which causes an out-of-bounds array access.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

References

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

xfstt
Vulnerable Versions:
1.2.1, 1.4

Timeline

Official Publish: July 25th, 2003
Last Modified: August 8th, 2024
Added to House: July 18th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.