FKIE_CVE-2013-6462
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-01-09 18:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:00
Severity
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.
References
Impacted products
| Vendor | Product | Version | |
|---|---|---|---|
| x | libxfont | 1.1.0 | |
| x | libxfont | 1.2.0 | |
| x | libxfont | 1.2.1 | |
| x | libxfont | 1.2.2 | |
| 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 |
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