Description
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.
Published: 2015-03-20
Score: 8.5 High
EPSS: 2.3% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-183-1 libxfont security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3194-1 libxfont security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2015-1928 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-2536-1 libXfont vulnerabilities
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Canonical Ubuntu Linux
Debian Debian Linux
Redhat Enterprise Linux
X Libxfont
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:54:16.182Z

Reserved: 2015-02-17T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-1803

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Status : Modified

Published: 2015-03-20T14:59:02.403

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-1803

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Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-03-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-1803 - Bugzilla

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