libXfont2: libXfont2: arbitrary code execution via heap buffer overflow in ComputeScaledProperties

A flaw was found in libXfont2. This vulnerability allows an attacker to achieve arbitrary code execution or cause a Denial of Service DoS by providing a specially crafted Portable Compiled Format PCF font file. Due to missing bounds checks when processing font properties in the...

SUSE CVE-2014-9670

Multiple integer signedness errors in the pcfgetencodings function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service integer overflow, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash via a crafted PCF file that specifies negative values for the first...

SUSE-RU-2015:1021-1 Recommended update for freetype2

This update for freetype2 adjusts the patch that fixed CVE-2014-9671 for better backwards compatibility. As the PCF format doesn't have an official specification, we have to exactly follow X11's pcfWriteFont and pcfReadFont functions' behavior...

UBUNTU-CVE-2014-9670

Multiple integer signedness errors in the pcfgetencodings function in pcf/pcfread.c in FreeType before 2.5.4 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service integer overflow, NULL pointer dereference, and application crash via a crafted PCF file that specifies negative values for the first...

JVN#88935101: X.Org Foundation X server buffer overflow vulnerability

The X.Org Foundation provides an open source implementation of the X Window System. The X server of this implementation contains a vulnerability in the handling of Portable Compiled Font PCF format fonts that can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. Impact An attacker with an established,...

freetype: integer overflow vulnerability due to incomplete fix for CVE-2006-1861

Integer overflow in FreeType before 2.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service crash and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PCF file, as demonstrated by the Red Hat bad1.pcf test file, due to a partial fix of CVE-2006-1861...