CVE-2014-0209

X.Org libXfont <1.4.8-1.4.99.901 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

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.

References (13)

Core 13
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/59154
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382
Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0044
EPSS Percentile 36.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-189
Status published
Products (26)
canonical/ubuntu_linux 10.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.04
canonical/ubuntu_linux 12.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 13.10
canonical/ubuntu_linux 14.04
x/libxfont 1.2.3
x/libxfont 1.2.4
x/libxfont 1.2.5
x/libxfont 1.2.6
x/libxfont 1.2.7
... and 16 more
Published May 15, 2014
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026