UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1804

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1804
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2015/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1804.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1804
Related
Published
2015-03-18T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:09Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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 perform type conversion for metrics values, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libxfont

Package

Name
libxfont
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfont@1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.4.6-1
1:1.4.6-1ubuntu1
1:1.4.7-1
1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfont-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfont1",
            "binary_version": "1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfont1-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfont1-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2"
        }
    ]
}