Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting libxfont package, versions [0,1.2.8-1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.92% (92nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBXFONT-2367882
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed6 Apr 2007
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 6 Apr 2007

CVE-2007-1352  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-94  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade libxfont to version 1.2.8-1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Execution. Integer overflow in the FontFileInitTable function in X.Org libXfont before 20070403 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long first line in the fonts.dir file, which results in a heap overflow.

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