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...

USN-2078-1: libXfont vulnerability

It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled certain malformed BDF fonts. An attacker could use a specially crafted font file to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain privileges. The default compiler options for affected releases should reduce the...

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...

Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-2428-1)

The remote host is missing an update for the Debian SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

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...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freetype2 (MDVSA-2013:039)

Updated freetype2 packages fixes security vulnerabilities : A NULL pointer de-reference flaw was found in the way Freetype font rendering engine handled Glyph bitmap distribution format BDF fonts. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted BDF font file, which once processed in an...

Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : freetype2 (MDVSA-2013:006)

Multiple vulnerabilities has been found and corrected in freetype2 : A NULL pointer de-reference flaw was found in the way Freetype font rendering engine handled Glyph bitmap distribution format BDF fonts. A remote attacker could provide a specially crafted BDF font file, which once processed in ...

RedHat Update for freetype RHSA-2013:0216-01

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2013 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription scriptxrefname:"URL",...

Important: freetype

Issue Overview: A flaw was found in the way the FreeType font rendering engine processed certain Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format BDF fonts. If a user loaded a specially-crafted font file with an application linked against FreeType, it could cause the application to crash or, possibly, execute...

CentOS 5 / 6 : freetype (CESA-2013:0216)

Updated freetype packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating...

RHEL 5 / 6 : freetype (RHSA-2013:0216)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 / 6 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2013:0216 advisory. - freetype: heap buffer over-read in BDF parsing bdfparseglyphs 37906 CVE-2012-5669 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instea...

Important: Red Hat Security Advisory: freetype security update

Updated freetype packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having important security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating...

freetype: heap buffer over-read in BDF parsing _bdf_parse_glyphs() (#37906)

The bdfparseglyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to BDF fonts and an incorrect calculation that triggers an out-of-bounds read...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5669

The bdfparseglyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to BDF fonts and an incorrect calculation that triggers an out-of-bounds read...

CVE-2012-5669

The bdfparseglyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to BDF fonts and an incorrect calculation that triggers an out-of-bounds read...

CVE-2012-5669

The bdfparseglyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via vectors related to BDF fonts and an incorrect calculation that triggers an out-of-bounds read...

DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5670

The bdfparseglyphs function in FreeType before 2.4.11 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service out-of-bounds write and crash via vectors related to BDF fonts and an ENCODING field with a negative value...