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FKIE_CVE-2014-0210

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-05-15 14:55 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:02
Severity
Summary
Multiple buffer overflows 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 protocol reply to the (1) _fs_recv_conn_setup, (2) fs_read_open_font, (3) fs_read_query_info, (4) fs_read_extent_info, (5) fs_read_glyphs, (6) fs_read_list, or (7) fs_read_list_info function.
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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