CVE-2007-1351

Summary

CVECVE-2007-1351
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-04-06 01:19:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-16 16:38:00 UTC
DescriptionInteger 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 2007 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 3.0 All x86_64 All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 4.0 All x86_64 All
Application Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0 All All All
Application Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall 2.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.9 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 4.0 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 3.9 All All All
Operating System Openbsd Openbsd 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All advanced_servers All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All desktop All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All desktop_workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All advanced_server_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All enterprise_server_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 2.1 All workstation_ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All advanced_servers All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All advanced_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.0 All workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All desktop All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All desktop_workstation All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.0 All server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Redhat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1 All itanium All
Operating System Rpath Rpath Linux 1 All All All
Operating System Rpath Rpath Linux 1 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All sparc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All sparc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All sparc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 5.10 All sparc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.06_lts All sparc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All amd64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All i386 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All powerpc All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All sparc All
Application X.org Libxfont 1.2.2 All All All
Application X.org Libxfont 1.2.2 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.3.0 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.3.0.1 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.3.0.2 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.3.0 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.3.0.1 All All All
Application Xfree86 Project X11r6 4.3.0.2 All All All

References

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