CVE-2014-0210
HIGH severity · CVSS 7.5 · Memory corruption
7.5CVSS HIGH
Summary
Multiple buffer overflows 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 protocol reply to the (1) _fs_recv_conn_setup, (2) fs_read_open_font, (3) fs_read_query_info, (4) fs_read_extent_info, (5) fs_read_glyphs, (6) fs_read_list, or (7) fs_read_list_info function.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impact—
Availability impact—
Exploit probability (EPSS)4%
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.htmlAdvisory
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59154
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145