Critical severity · published Aug 18, 2017
CVE-2007-5199
A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact
9.8
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 83% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LI
Libxfont · X
1.3.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5199
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5199
Exploit
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=327854
Third Party Advisory
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=5bf703700ee4a5d6eae20da07cb7a29369667aef
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