Numeric Errors Affecting libXfont-devel package, versions <0:1.4.7-2.el7_0


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Oracle Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.44% (36th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ORACLE7-LIBXFONTDEVEL-2487513
  • published10 Apr 2022
  • 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 Oracle:7 libXfont-devel to version 0:1.4.7-2.el7_0 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2014-1870.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libXfont-devel package and not the libXfont-devel package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:7 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

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