USN-2536-1

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    USN-2536-1

    Published: 18 Mar 2015Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026

    Summary: libxfont vulnerabilities

    Details: Ilja van Sprundel, Alan Coopersmith, and William Robinet discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled malformed bdf fonts. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain privileges.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2536-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1802, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1803, https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1804

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libxfont

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfont@1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2

    Affected versions

    1:1.4.6-1
    1:1.4.6-1ubuntu1
    1:1.4.7-1
    1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1

    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