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CVE-2013-6462

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered	Topic
2014-01-08	libXfont -- Stack buffer overflow in parsing of BDF font files in libXfont

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CVE-2013-6462 at cve.mitre.org

Details

Type	Candidate
Name	CVE-2013-6462
Phase	Assigned(20131104)

Description

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.

References

Source	Reference
MLIST	[oss-security] 20140107 Fwd: X.Org Security Advisory: CVE-2013-6462: Stack buffer overflow in parsing of BDF font files in libXfont
MLIST	[xorg-announce] 20140107 X.Org Security Advisory: CVE-2013-6462: Stack buffer overflow in parsing of BDF font files in libXfont
CONFIRM	http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=4d024ac10f964f6bd372ae0dd14f02772a6e5f63
CONFIRM	http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
DEBIAN	DSA-2838
REDHAT	RHSA-2014:0018
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2014:0073
SUSE	openSUSE-SU-2014:0075
UBUNTU	USN-2078-1
BID	64694
OSVDB	101842
SECUNIA	56240
SECUNIA	56336
SECUNIA	56357
SECUNIA	56371
XF	libxfont-cve20136462-bo(90123)