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CVE-2013-6462

Public on 2014-01-09
Modified on 2014-09-16
Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
6.9
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 libXfont 2014-02-03 15:26 ALAS-2014-282

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C