ghsa-7vwv-c4f9-4xwx
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-17 03:12
Modified
2025-04-12 12:46
Details

The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly handle character bitmaps it cannot read, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.

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{
  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2015-1803"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2015-03-20T14:59:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly handle character bitmaps it cannot read, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.",
  "id": "GHSA-7vwv-c4f9-4xwx",
  "modified": "2025-04-12T12:46:20Z",
  "published": "2022-05-17T03:12:24Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1803"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73280"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": []
}


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