CVE-2014-0209
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.2%
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FontFileAddEntry and (2) lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 might allow local users to gain privileges by adding a directory with a large fonts.dir or fonts.alias file to the font path, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to metadata.
Affected configurations
References
advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html
lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
secunia.com/advisories/59154
www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927
www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382
www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1
www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
Related
4.6 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
10.2%