CVE-2014-0211

Summary

CVECVE-2014-0211
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-05-15 14:55:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-09 19:38:00 UTC
DescriptionMultiple 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-189

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 10.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.04 - lts All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 12.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 13.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 14.04 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.3 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.4 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.5 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.6 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.7 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.8 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.9 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.3.0 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.3.1 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.3.2 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.3.3 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.3.4 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.0 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.1 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.2 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.3 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.4 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.5 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.6 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.99 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.3 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.4 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.5 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.6 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.7 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.8 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.2.9 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.3.0 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.3.1 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.3.2 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.3.3 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.3.4 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.0 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.1 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.2 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.3 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.4 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.5 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.6 All All All
Application X Libxfont 1.4.99 All All All
Application X Libxfont All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[ANNOUNCE] X.Org Security Advisory: Multiple issues in libXfont MLIST lists.x.org Vendor Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:145 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
openSUSE-SU-2014:0711-1: moderate: libXfont: Fixed multiple vulnerabilit SUSE lists.opensuse.org
VMSA-2014-0012 | United States CONFIRM www.vmware.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2927-1 libxfont DEBIAN www.debian.org
USN-2211-1: libXfont vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
Full Disclosure: NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities FULLDISC seclists.org
Security Advisory SA59154 - SUSE update for xorg-x11-libs - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0278 - Updated libxfont packages fix security vulnerabilities CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2014 CONFIRM www.oracle.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
SecurityFocus BUGTRAQ www.securityfocus.com
X.Org libXfont Multiple Integer Overflow and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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