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CVE-2014-0211 (GCVE-0-2014-0211)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-05-15 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 09:05
VLAI
Summary
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fs_get_reply, (2) fs_alloc_glyphs, and (3) fs_read_extent_info functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs reply, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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Date Public
2014-05-13 00:00
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