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CVE-2013-6462

high · 9.3

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.

9.3
CVSS
10.3%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
95th
EPSS percentile
2014-01-09
Published

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
xlibxfont1.1.0
xlibxfont1.2.0
xlibxfont1.2.1
xlibxfont1.2.2
xlibxfont1.2.3
xlibxfont1.2.4
xlibxfont1.2.5
xlibxfont1.2.6
xlibxfont1.2.7
xlibxfont1.2.8
xlibxfont1.2.9
xlibxfont1.3.0
xlibxfont1.3.1
xlibxfont1.3.2
xlibxfont1.3.3
xlibxfont1.3.4
xlibxfont1.4.0
xlibxfont1.4.1
xlibxfont1.4.2
xlibxfont1.4.3
xlibxfont1.4.4
xlibxfont1.4.5
xlibxfont1.4.6

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References

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