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CVE-2015-1804

Published: Mar 20, 2015Updated: May 6, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-189
8.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
5.0%
Top 8.6%
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 perform type conversion for metrics values, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) 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

CWE-189

Affected Products

x
oss-project·USaka x11, libx11, x.org, x11 libraries
libxfontMixed
OSS Libraries / generic-library
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html
advisories.mageia.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
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