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CVE-2015-1803

libXfont: crash on invalid read in bdfReadCharacters

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

1.9

CVSS 2.0

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Published · March 17, 2015

Updated · June 27, 2026

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was discovered in the way libXfont processed certain Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) fonts. A malicious, local user could use this flaw to crash the X.Org server.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 1.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-476 · NULL Pointer Dereference