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CVE-2007-1351

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2007-04-06 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-189

Description

Integer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bdfread.c in (1) X.Org libXfont before 20070403 and (2) freetype 2.3.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted BDF fonts, which result in a heap overflow.

Affected products

• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Multi Network Firewall: 2.0
• OpenBSD: 3.9, 4.0
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 2.1, 3.0, 4.0, 5.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 3.0, 4.0
• RedHat Linux Advanced Workstation: 2.1
• Rpath Linux: 1
• Ubuntu Linux: 5.10, 6.06_lts, 6.10
• X.Org Libxfont: 1.2.2
• Xfree86 Project X11R6: 4.3.0, 4.3.0.1, 4.3.0.2

References

• http://issues.foresightlinux.org/browse/FL-223
• http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=501
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Nov/msg00003.html
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Feb/msg00000.html
• http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2007-April/000286.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0125.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24741
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24745
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24756
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24758
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24765
• http://secunia.com/advisories/24768

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