UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0211

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0211

    Published: 13 May 2014Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-0211
    Aliases:
    USN-2211-1

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fs_get_reply, (2) fs_alloc_glyphs, and (3) fs_read_extent_info functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs reply, which triggers a buffer overflow.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0211, 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-2014-0211

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxfont

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.4.7-1

    Affected versions

    1:1.4.6-1
    1:1.4.6-1ubuntu1

    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