UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0209

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0209

    Published: 13 May 2014Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-0209
    Aliases:
    USN-2211-1

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FontFileAddEntry and (2) lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 might allow local users to gain privileges by adding a directory with a large fonts.dir or fonts.alias file to the font path, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to metadata.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0209, http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2211-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0209

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxfont

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfont@1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1

    Affected versions

    1:1.4.6-1
    1:1.4.6-1ubuntu1
    1:1.4.7-1

    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