CVE-2003-0581

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    CVE-2003-0581

    Published: 18 Aug 2003Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: X Fontserver for Truetype fonts (xfstt) 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) FS_QueryXExtents8 or (2) FS_QueryXBitmaps8 packet, and possibly other types of packets, with a large num_ranges value, which causes an out-of-bounds array access.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-360, http://www.debian.org/security/2003/dsa-360, http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=105829691405446&w=2

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High