CVEvulnerability

CVE-2013-6462

9.3 HIGH Published 2014-01-09 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2014-01-09
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• x libxfont 1.1.0 • x libxfont 1.2.0 • x libxfont 1.2.1 • x libxfont 1.2.2 • x libxfont 1.2.3 • x libxfont 1.2.4 • x libxfont 1.2.5 • x libxfont 1.2.6 • x libxfont 1.2.7 • x libxfont 1.2.8 • x libxfont 1.2.9 • x libxfont 1.3.0 • x libxfont 1.3.1 • x libxfont 1.3.2 • x libxfont 1.3.3 • x libxfont 1.3.4 • x libxfont 1.4.0 • x libxfont 1.4.1 • x libxfont 1.4.2 • x libxfont 1.4.3 • x libxfont 1.4.4 • x libxfont 1.4.5 • x libxfont 1.4.6

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References