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Critical
CVE-2013-6462
Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in...
Vulnerability Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00052.html
- http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-January/002389.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2838
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56357
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/33
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0018.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56240
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56336
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2078-1
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00050.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56371
- http://osvdb.org/101842
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64694
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=4d024ac10f964f6bd372ae0dd14f02772a6e5f63
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90123
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
libxfont
Vulnerable Versions:
1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8, 1.2.9, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 1.3.3, 1.3.4, 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5, 1.4.6
Timeline
Official Publish:
January 9th, 2014
Last Modified:
August 6th, 2024
Added to House:
July 19th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.