Integer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bdfread.c in (1) X.Org libXfont before 20070403 and (2) freetype 2.3.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted BDF fonts, which result in a heap overflow.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ubuntu_linux | Ubuntu | 5.10 (including) | 5.10 (including) |
| Ubuntu_linux | Ubuntu | 6.06_lts (including) | 6.06_lts (including) |
| Ubuntu_linux | Ubuntu | 6.10 (including) | 6.10 (including) |
| Freetype | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Freetype | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Freetype | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
| Freetype | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
| Libxfont | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Libxfont | Ubuntu | devel | * |
| Libxfont | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Libxfont | Ubuntu | feisty | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 | RedHat | XFree86-0:4.1.0-82.EL | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | RedHat | XFree86-0:4.3.0-120.EL | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 | RedHat | freetype-0:2.1.4-6.el3 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | xorg-x11-0:6.8.2-1.EL.13.37.7 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | RedHat | freetype-0:2.1.9-5.el4 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | libXfont-0:1.2.2-1.0.2.el5 | * |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | RedHat | freetype-0:2.2.1-17.el5 | * |