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CVE-2015-1803

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Date: March 20, 2015

The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly handle character bitmaps it cannot read, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.

Language: C

Severity Score

7.5

Related Resources (19)

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html

Url: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html

Url: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html

Url: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1803

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html

Url: http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/

Url: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73280

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-1803

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-1803

Severity Score

7.5

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.5
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	8.5
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	SINGLE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2015-1803

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Date: March 20, 2015

Language: C

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Related Resources (19)

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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