CVE-2015-1803 (GCVE-0-2015-1803)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-03-20 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 04:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly handle character bitmaps it cannot read, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
16 references
Date Public
2015-03-17 00:00
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- Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
- Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
- Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
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