CVE-2015-1803

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…

published March 20, 2015

CVSS
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EPSS
5%
Percentile
92.1
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.04904 · 92.1th percentile
Published
2015-03-20T14:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 20 MAR 14:00Z
    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…
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