Numeric Errors Affecting libxfont package, versions <1:1.4.7-2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ECHOLATEST-LIBXFONT-17966119
  • published14 Jul 2026
  • disclosed15 May 2014

Introduced: 15 May 2014

CVE-2014-0209  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-189  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Echo:latest libxfont to version 1:1.4.7-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libxfont package and not the libxfont package as distributed by Echo. See How to fix? for Echo:latest relevant fixed versions and status.

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.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1