CVE-2015-1803

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    CVE-2015-1803

    Published: 20 Mar 2015Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly handle character bitmaps it cannot read, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted 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/73280, 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