Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libxfont package, versions [,1.5.3)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBXFONT-2367878
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed11 Oct 2017
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 11 Oct 2017

CVE-2017-13722  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libxfont to version 1.5.3 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-bounds Read. In the pcfGetProperties function in bitmap/pcfread.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, a missing boundary check (for PCF files) could be used by local attackers authenticated to an Xserver for a buffer over-read, for information disclosure or a crash of the X server.

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