CVE-2017-13722

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    CVE-2017-13722

    Published: 11 Oct 2017Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: In the pcfGetProperties function in bitmap/pcfread.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, a missing boundary check (for PCF files) could be used by local attackers authenticated to an Xserver for a buffer over-read, for information disclosure or a crash of the X server.

    References: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3995, https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-08, https://www.x.org/releases/individual/lib/libXfont2-2.0.2.tar.bz2, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500693, https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049692, https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=672bb944311392e2415b39c0d63b1e1902905bcd

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    libXfont-1.5.2
    libXfont-1.5.1
    libXfont-1.5.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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