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CVE-2014-0209
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- Medium
- Base Score
- 4.6/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 6.4/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Partial
- Availability Impact
- Partial
- Integrity Impact
- Partial
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.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
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59154
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded