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CVE-2014-0209

Public on 2014-05-15
Modified on 2014-09-19
Description

A use-after-free flaw was found in the way libXfont processed certain font files when attempting to add a new directory to the font path. A malicious, local user could exploit this issue to potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server.

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 2014-09-17 21:44 ALAS-2014-404

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 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P