CVE-2017-13722

Summary

CVECVE-2017-13722
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-10-11 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2017-11-13 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionIn the pcfGetProperties function in bitmap/pcfread.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, a missing boundary check (for PCF files) could be used by local attackers authenticated to an Xserver for a buffer over-read, for information disclosure or a crash of the X server.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-125

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application X.org Libxfont 2.0.0 All All All
Application X.org Libxfont 2.0.1 All All All
Application X.org Libxfont 2.0.0 All All All
Application X.org Libxfont 2.0.1 All All All
Application X.org Libxfont All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 1049692 – VUL-0: CVE-2017-13722: libXfont: Missing boundary check in pcfGetProperties CONFIRM bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking
LibXfont, LibXfont2: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 201711-08) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3995-1 libxfont DEBIAN www.debian.org
www.x.org/releases/individual/lib/libXfont2-2.0.2.tar.bz2 CONFIRM www.x.org Vendor Advisory
Bug 1500693 – CVE-2017-13722 libXfont: Insufficient input validation in pcfread.c CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
xorg/lib/libXfont - X font handling library for server & utilities (mirrored from https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libxfont) CONFIRM cgit.freedesktop.org Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 710462 Gentoo Linux LibXfont, LibXfont2 Multiple Vulnerabilities (GLSA 201711-08)
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