ghsa-7vj8-7ww8-h9v6
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 01:30
Modified
2022-05-17 01:30
Details

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2013-6462"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-119"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2014-01-09T18:55:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.",
  "id": "GHSA-7vj8-7ww8-h9v6",
  "modified": "2022-05-17T01:30:28Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T01:30:28Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6462"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90123"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=4d024ac10f964f6bd372ae0dd14f02772a6e5f63"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00050.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00052.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-January/002389.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://osvdb.org/101842"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0018.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/33"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/56240"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/56336"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/56357"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/56371"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2838"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64694"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2078-1"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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