CVE-2007-1351

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    CVE-2007-1351

    Published: 6 Apr 2007Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Integer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bdfread.c in (1) X.Org libXfont before 20070403 and (2) freetype 2.3.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted BDF fonts, which result in a heap overflow.

    References: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0125.html, http://secunia.com/advisories/24741, http://secunia.com/advisories/24745, http://secunia.com/advisories/24756, http://secunia.com/advisories/24758, http://secunia.com/advisories/24765, http://secunia.com/advisories/24768, http://secunia.com/advisories/24770, http://secunia.com/advisories/24771, http://secunia.com/advisories/24772, http://secunia.com/advisories/24776, http://secunia.com/advisories/24791, http://secunia.com/advisories/24885, http://secunia.com/advisories/24889, http://secunia.com/advisories/24921, http://secunia.com/advisories/24996, http://secunia.com/advisories/25004, http://secunia.com/advisories/25006, http://secunia.com/advisories/25096, http://secunia.com/advisories/25195, http://secunia.com/advisories/25216, http://secunia.com/advisories/25305, http://secunia.com/advisories/25495, http://secunia.com/advisories/28333, http://secunia.com/advisories/30161, http://secunia.com/advisories/33937, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-02.xml, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-10.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1294, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1454, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:079, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:080, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:081, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_27_x.html, http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_6_sr.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-448-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1217, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1264, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1548, http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=501, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23283, http://issues.foresightlinux.org/browse/FL-223, http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00003.html, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html, http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-April/000286.html, http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2007&m=slackware-security.626733, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=3157&release_id=498954, http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=498954, http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102886-1, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3438, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-178.htm, http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-193.htm, http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200805-07.xml, http://www.openbsd.org/errata39.html#021_xorg, http://www.openbsd.org/errata40.html#011_xorg, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0126.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0132.html, http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0150.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464686/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464816/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23300, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23402, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1017857, http://www.trustix.org/errata/2007/0013/, https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33417, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1213, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11266, https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1810

    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
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