CVE-2015-1802

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    CVE-2015-1802

    Published: 20 Mar 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The bdfReadProperties function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative or (2) large property count in a BDF font file.

    References: http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html, http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html, http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1, http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html, http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73277, http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935

    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