CVE-2014-0209 | BDVDB-2026-61603 Detail
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#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59154
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
- http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.