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libXfont: crash on invalid read in bdfReadCharacters

🗓️ 03 Sep 2015 11:26:36Reported by RedHatType 
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libXfont crashes on invalid read due to a null pointer in bitmap font processing, enabling local users to crash the X server.

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IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in xorg-x11-libs affect IBM Flex System Manager (FSM) (CVE2015-1802, CVE-2015-1803, CVE-2015-1804)
18 Jun 201801:30
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IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Multiple vulnerabilities in cups, curl, libxfont affect IBM SmartCloud Provisioning for IBM Software Virtual Appliance
17 Jun 201822:30
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IBM Security Bulletins		Security Bulletin: Vulnerabilities in libXfont affect PowerKVM (CVE-2015-1802, CVE-2015-1803, CVE-2015-1804)
18 Jun 201801:29
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Amazon		Important: libXfont
22 Sep 201500:00
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Tenable Nessus		Amazon Linux AMI : libXfont (ALAS-2015-597)
23 Sep 201500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		CentOS 6 / 7 : libXfont (CESA-2015:1708)
22 Oct 201500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DLA-183-1 : libxfont security update
30 Mar 201500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Debian DSA-3194-1 : libxfont - security update
18 Mar 201500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 22 : libXfont-1.5.1-1.fc22 (2015-4199)
23 Mar 201500:00
–nessus
Tenable Nessus		Fedora 21 : libXfont-1.5.1-1.fc21 (2015-4230)
25 Mar 201500:00
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux6x86_64libxfont0:1.4.5-5.el6_7libXfont-0:1.4.5-5.el6_7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux6anylibxfont0:1.4.5-5.el6_7.i686libXfont-0:1.4.5-5.el6_7.i686.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64lelibxfont0:1.4.7-3.ael7b_1libXfont-0:1.4.7-3.ael7b_1.ppc64le.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppclibxfont0:1.4.7-3.el7_1libXfont-0:1.4.7-3.el7_1.ppc.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7ppc64libxfont0:1.4.7-3.el7_1libXfont-0:1.4.7-3.el7_1.ppc64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux7s390libxfont0:1.4.7-3.el7_1libXfont-0:1.4.7-3.el7_1.s390.rpm
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27 Jun 2026 09:26Current
6.2Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.2
CVSS 28.5
EPSS0.04864
CWE-476
libXfontinvalid readnull pointerbitmap fontsx server
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