CVE-2014-0211

critical

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fs_get_reply, (2) fs_alloc_glyphs, and (3) fs_read_extent_info functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs reply, which triggers a buffer overflow.

References

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145

http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927

http://secunia.com/advisories/59154

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html

http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-05-15

Updated: 2018-10-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical