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CVE-2014-0209

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FontFileAddEntry and (2) lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 might allow local…

Impact

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FontFileAddEntry and (2) lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 might allow local users to gain privileges by adding a directory with a large fonts.dir or fonts.alias file to the font path, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to metadata.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
XLibxfont
through 1.4.7
Versions 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.10, 14.04

Weakness classification

CWE-189

References