CVE-2015-1803 in X.org libXfontinfo

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.

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02/17/2015

Disclosure

03/20/2015

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ID	Vulnerability	CWE	Exp	Cou	CVE
74024	X.org libXfont bdfReadCharacters memory corruption	119	Unproven	Official fix	CVE-2015-1803

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