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CVE-2014-0209

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-189 Numeric Errors
Publication date:
15/05/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.60 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.60
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.4.7 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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