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CVE-2015-1802
The bdfReadProperties function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9...
Vulnerability Description
The bdfReadProperties function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative or (2) large property count 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://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73277
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html
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Critical
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
libxfont
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.5.0
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 20th, 2015
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.