Description
Buffer overflow in fbglyph.c in XFree86 before 4.2.0, related to glyph clipping for large origins, allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges via a large number of characters, possibly through the web page search form of KDE Konqueror or from an xterm command with a long title.
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Remediation
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Advisories
| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-2001-0938 | Buffer overflow in fbglyph.c in XFree86 before 4.2.0, related to glyph clipping for large origins, allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges via a large number of characters, possibly through the web page search form of KDE Konqueror or from an xterm command with a long title. |
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History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-08T04:37:07.098Z
Reserved: 2002-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
Link: CVE-2001-0955
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Status : Modified
Published: 2001-09-22T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627
Link: CVE-2001-0955
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OpenCVE Enrichment
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Weaknesses
EUVD