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CVE-2014-0211

Published: May 15, 2014 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
4.3 MODERATE
AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0211
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/189.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical10.04 (including)10.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical12.04 (including)12.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical12.10 (including)12.10 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical13.10 (including)13.10 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical14.04 (including)14.04 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatlibXfont-0:1.2.2-1.0.6.el5_11*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibXfont-0:1.4.5-4.el6_6*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatlibXfont-0:1.4.7-2.el7_0*
LibxfontUbuntulucid*
LibxfontUbuntuprecise*
LibxfontUbuntuquantal*
LibxfontUbuntusaucy*
LibxfontUbuntuupstream*

References

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