CVE-2014-0211

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-05-15 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-189

Description

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.

Affected products

Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 10.04, 12.04, 12.10, 13.10, 14.04
X.Org libXfont2: through 1.4.7; 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.2.6, 1.2.7, 1.2.8 (+14)

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html
http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
http://secunia.com/advisories/59154
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1

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