FKIE_CVE-2014-0209

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-05-15 14:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:02
Severity
Summary
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.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.htmlVendor Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
secalert@redhat.comhttp://secunia.com/advisories/59154
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.htmlVendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/59154
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
x libxfont *
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
x libxfont 1.4.99
canonical ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical ubuntu_linux 12.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 13.10
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04
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