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CVE-2015-1803

Published: Mar 20, 2015 | Modified: Apr 12, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
8.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
1.9 LOW
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1803
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical10.04 (including)10.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical12.04 (including)12.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical14.04 (including)14.04 (including)
Ubuntu_linuxCanonical14.10 (including)14.10 (including)
Debian_linuxDebian7.0 (including)7.0 (including)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6RedHatlibXfont-0:1.4.5-5.el6_7*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7RedHatlibXfont-0:1.4.7-3.ael7b_1*
LibxfontUbuntudevel*
LibxfontUbuntuesm-infra-legacy/trusty*
LibxfontUbuntulucid*
LibxfontUbuntuprecise*
LibxfontUbuntutrusty*
LibxfontUbuntutrusty/esm*
LibxfontUbuntuupstream*
LibxfontUbuntuutopic*

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