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Unscored severity · published Sep 22, 2001
CVE-2001-0955
Buffer overflow in fbglyph.c in XFree86 before 4.2.0, related to glyph clipping for large origins, allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges via a…
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CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Buffer overflow in fbglyph.c in XFree86 before 4.2.0, related to glyph clipping for large origins, allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges via a large number of characters, possibly through the web page search form of KDE Konqueror or from an xterm command with a long title.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 39% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
X1
X11r6 · Xfree86 Project
4.0; 4.0.1; 4.0.3 · source: NVD
Affected product
X1
X11r6
Xfree86 Project
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0955
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0955
cvsweb.xfree86.org
http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/fb/fbglyph.c
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100776624224549&w=2
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100784290015880&w=2
marc.info
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100118958310463&w=2
Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3657
Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3663
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