CVEvulnerability

CVE-2015-1802

8.5 HIGH Published 2015-03-20 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2015-03-20
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
8.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

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.

Affected configurations

• x libxfont (<= 1.4.8) • x libxfont 1.5.0

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

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

References