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CVE-2014-0209

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CVE-2014-0209

Published: May 15, 2014

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FontFileAddEntry and (2) lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 might allow local users to gain privileges by adding a directory with a large fonts.dir or fonts.alias file to the font path, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to metadata.

VendorProductVersions

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affected
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References

openSUSE-SU-2014:0711
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
USN-2211-1
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_UBUNTU
59154
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_SECUNIA
DSA-2927
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_DEBIAN
RHSA-2014:1893
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
67382
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
MDVSA-2015:145
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA

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