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title: "CVE-2014-0209\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2014-0209

Publication date 13 May 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| libxfont | 14.04 LTS trusty | Fixed 1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1 |
| 13.10 saucy | Fixed 1:1.4.6-1ubuntu0.2 |
| 12.10 quantal | Fixed 1:1.4.5-2ubuntu0.12.10.2 |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 1:1.4.4-1ubuntu0.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 1:1.4.1-1ubuntu0.3 |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0209?format=md#patch-details)

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| libxfont | * Upstream:   [?id=2f5](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=2f5e57317339c526e6eaee1010b0e2ab8089c42e) * Upstream:   [?id=05c](http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=05c8020a49416dd8b7510cbba45ce4f3fc81a7dc) |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-0209)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-0209)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-0209)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-0209)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-2211-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-2211-1)
+ libXfont vulnerabilities
+ 14 May 2014

### Other references

* <http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0209>