CVE-2015-1804
libXfont: out-of-bounds memory access in bdfReadCharacters
Severity
ImportantRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · March 17, 2015
Updated · June 27, 2026
Description
An integer truncation 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 or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWE-681 · Incorrect Conversion between Numeric Types