CVE-2015-1803
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Summary
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.
Affected Software
| Vendor | Product | Version Range | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a | affected |
Weaknesses
- n/a
ADP Enrichment
CVE Program Container
Additional References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73280
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73280
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