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CVE-2013-6462

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
XLibxfont
Versions 1.1.0, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4

Weakness classification

CWE-119

References