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CVE-2015-1803

Published: Mar 20, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDNVD-CWE-Other
8.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
4.9%
Top 8.7%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
OpenVAS

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.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:MAu:SC:CI:CA:C
Exploitability
AV:NAccess Vector
Network
AC:MAccess Complexity
Medium
Au:SAuthentication
Single
Impact
C:CConfidentiality
Complete
I:CIntegrity
Complete
A:CAvailability
Complete
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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

canonical
commercial·GBaka canonical ltd.
ubuntu linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
debian
oss-project·GBaka debian gnu/linux
debian linuxOn-premOS
Operating Systems / linux-distro
x
oss-project·USaka x11, x11 libraries, libx11, x.org
libxfontMixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
oracle.com
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21
security.gentoo.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org
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