CVE-2007-1352

Summary

CVECVE-2007-1352
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-04-06 01:19:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in the FontFileInitTable function in X.Org libXfont before 20070403 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long first line in the fonts.dir file, which results in a heap overflow.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.8 from [email protected]

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Adjacent
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
Single
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:A/AC:M/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 10.0 All amd64 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 9.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.1 All ppc All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.2 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 9.2 All amd64 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
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_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All enterprise_server All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux 3.0 All workstation_server 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 Desktop 3.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 All client All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5.0 All client_workstation All
Operating System Redhat Fedora Core core_1.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Linux 9.0 All i386 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 Linux 1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 9.0 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux 9.1 All All All
Operating System Slackware Slackware Linux current All All All
Operating System Turbolinux Turbolinux Desktop 10.0 All All All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia32 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ia64 All
Operating System Ubuntu Ubuntu Linux 4.1 All ppc 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

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OpenBSD update for X.Org - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1294-1 xfree86 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
#102886: Multiple vulnerabilities in libfreetype, Xsun(1) and Xorg(1) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com
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issues.foresightlinux.org/browse/FL-223 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.foresightlinux.org
ASA-2007-178 (SUN 102886) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com
[ANNOUNCE] various integer overflow vulnerabilites in xserver, libX11 and libXfont af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.freedesktop.org
Red Hat update for XFree86 - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
X.Org LibXFont Multiple Local Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
ImageMagick XGetPixel/XInitImage Multiple Integer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SUSE update for XFree86 and Xorg - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
X.Org X11 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Sun Solaris X11 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
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rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
APPLE-SA-2009-02-12 Security Update 2009-001 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
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XFree86 Multiple Vulnerabilities - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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OpenBSD 4.0 errata af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openbsd.org
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Gentoo update for libXfont and tightvnc - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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