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CVE-2014-0211

This CVE name corresponds to:

Entered Topic
2014-05-13 libXfont -- X Font Service Protocol and Font metadata file handling issues

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Details

Type Candidate
Name CVE-2014-0211
Phase Assigned(20131203)

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fs_get_reply, (2) fs_alloc_glyphs, and (3) fs_read_extent_info functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs reply, which triggers a buffer overflow.

References

Source Reference
BUGTRAQ 20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities
FULLDISC 20141205 NEW: VMSA-2014-0012 - VMware vSphere product updates address security vulnerabilities
MLIST [xorg-announce] 20140513 [ANNOUNCE] X.Org Security Advisory: Multiple issues in libXfont
CONFIRM http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
CONFIRM http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
CONFIRM http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html
DEBIAN DSA-2927
MANDRIVA MDVSA-2015:145
REDHAT RHSA-2014:1893
SUSE openSUSE-SU-2014:0711
UBUNTU USN-2211-1