CVE-2014-9660

The bdfparseglyphs function in bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly handle a missing ENDCHAR record, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted BDF font...

CVE-2014-9675

bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font...

CVE-2014-9660

The bdfparseglyphs function in bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 does not properly handle a missing ENDCHAR record, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service NULL pointer dereference or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted BDF font...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9675

bdf/bdflib.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 identifies property names by only verifying that an initial substring is present, which allows remote attackers to discover heap pointer values and bypass the ASLR protection mechanism via a crafted BDF font...

libXfont

New libXfont packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, and -current to fix a security issue. Here are the details from the Slackware 14.1 ChangeLog: patches/packages/libXfont-1.4.7-i486-1slack14.1.txz: Upgraded. This update fixes a stack overflow when reading a BDF font...

CVE-2013-6462

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file...

DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6462

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file...

Stack overflow

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file...

CVE-2013-6462

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file...

CVE-2013-6462

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file...

FreeBSD : libXfont -- Stack buffer overflow in parsing of BDF font files in libXfont (28c575fa-784e-11e3-8249-001cc0380077)

freedesktop.org reports : A BDF font file containing a longer than expected string can cause a buffer overflow on the stack. Testing in X servers built with Stack Protector restulted in an immediate crash when reading a user-proveded specially crafted font. As libXfont is used to read...

libXfont memory corruption

Memory corruption on BDF font parsing...

DSA-2838-1 libxfont - buffer overflow

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CVE-2013-6462

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file...

libXfont -- Stack buffer overflow in parsing of BDF font files in libXfont

freedesktop.org reports: A BDF font file containing a longer than expected string can cause a buffer overflow on the stack. Testing in X servers built with Stack Protector restulted in an immediate crash when reading a user-proveded specially crafted font. As libXfont is used to read user-specifi...

Oracle Linux 3 / 4 : freetype (ELSA-2007-0150)

From Red Hat Security Advisory 2007:0150 : Updated freetype packages that fix a security flaw are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. FreeType is a free, high-quality, portable...

Ubuntu 8.04 LTS / 10.04 LTS / 11.10 / 12.04 LTS / 12.10 : freetype vulnerabilities (USN-1686-1)

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges. Note that Tenable Network...

USN-1686-1: FreeType vulnerabilities

Mateusz Jurczyk discovered that FreeType did not correctly handle certain malformed BDF font files. If a user were tricked into using a specially crafted font file, a remote attacker could cause FreeType to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code with user privileges...

FreeBSD Ports: freetype2

The remote host is missing an update to the system as announced in the referenced advisory. VID 462e2d6c-8017-11e1-a571-bcaec565249c OpenVAS Vulnerability Test $ Description: Auto generated from VID 462e2d6c-8017-11e1-a571-bcaec565249c Authors: Thomas Reinke Copyright: Copyright c 2012 E-Soft Inc...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-1139

Array index error in FreeType before 2.4.9, as used in Mozilla Firefox Mobile before 10.0.4 and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service invalid stack read operation and memory corruption or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted glyph data in a BDF font...