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CVE-2017-16611

Medium priority
Fixed

In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open (but not read) files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files.

3 affected packages

libxfont, libxfont1, libxfont2

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
libxfont Fixed
libxfont1 Not in release
libxfont2 Fixed
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CVE-2017-13722

Medium priority
Fixed

In the pcfGetProperties function in bitmap/pcfread.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, a missing boundary check (for PCF files) could be used by local attackers authenticated to an Xserver for a buffer over-read, for...

3 affected packages

libxfont, libxfont1, libxfont2

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
libxfont Fixed
libxfont1 Not in release
libxfont2 Fixed
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CVE-2017-13720

Low priority
Fixed

In the PatternMatch function in fontfile/fontdir.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, an attacker with access to an X connection can cause a buffer over-read during pattern matching of fonts, leading to information...

3 affected packages

libxfont, libxfont1, libxfont2

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
libxfont Fixed
libxfont1 Not in release
libxfont2 Fixed
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CVE-2007-5199

Medium priority
Not affected

A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

1 affected packages

libxfont

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
libxfont Not affected
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CVE-2015-1804

Medium priority
Fixed

The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly perform type conversion for metrics values, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of...

1 affected packages

libxfont

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
libxfont
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CVE-2015-1803

Medium priority
Fixed

The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly handle character bitmaps it cannot read, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial...

1 affected packages

libxfont

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
libxfont
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CVE-2015-1802

Medium priority
Fixed

The bdfReadProperties function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary...

1 affected packages

libxfont

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
libxfont
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CVE-2014-0211

Medium priority
Fixed

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...

1 affected packages

libxfont

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
libxfont
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CVE-2014-0210

Medium priority
Fixed

Multiple buffer overflows 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 protocol reply to the (1) _fs_recv_conn_setup, (2) fs_read_open_font, (3)...

1 affected packages

libxfont

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
libxfont
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CVE-2014-0209

Medium priority
Fixed

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...

1 affected packages

libxfont

Package 24.04 LTS 22.04 LTS 20.04 LTS 18.04 LTS 16.04 LTS
libxfont
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