Unscored severity · published Mar 20, 2015
CVE-2015-1803
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…
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CVSS
4.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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 of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)4.9% · higher than 92% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0 · source: NVD
LI
Libxfont · X
through 1.4.8; 1.5.0 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
10.04; 12.04; 14.04; 14.10 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1803
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-1803
advisories.mageia.org
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html
lists.opensuse.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html
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