CVE-2014-0209

Publication date 13 May 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxfont 14.04 LTS trusty
Fixed 1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1
13.10 saucy
Fixed 1:1.4.6-1ubuntu0.2
12.10 quantal
Fixed 1:1.4.5-2ubuntu0.12.10.2
12.04 LTS precise
Fixed 1:1.4.4-1ubuntu0.2
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 1:1.4.1-1ubuntu0.3

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libxfont

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