CVE-2014-0210
N/A
Published: May 15, 2014 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:02 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsUbuntu LinuxLibxfont
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
Multiple buffer overflows 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 protocol reply to the (1) _fs_recv_conn_setup, (2) fs_read_open_font, (3) fs_read_query_info, (4) fs_read_extent_info, (5) fs_read_glyphs, (6) fs_read_list, or (7) fs_read_list_info function.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (13)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISC
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119
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