CVE - CVE-2015-1802

CVE-ID
CVE-2015-1802	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The bdfReadProperties function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative or (2) large property count in a BDF font file.
References
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BID:73277 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73277 CONFIRM:http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html DEBIAN:DSA-3194 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194 FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-4199 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2015-4230 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html GENTOO:GLSA-201507-21 URL:https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21 MANDRIVA:MDVSA-2015:145 URL:~~http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145~~ (Obsolete source) MISC:http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/ REDHAT:RHSA-2015:1708 URL:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html SECTRACK:1031935 URL:http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935 SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:0674 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html SUSE:SUSE-SU-2015:0702 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2015:0614 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html UBUNTU:USN-2536-1 URL:http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1
Assigning CNA
Red Hat, Inc.
Date Record Created
20150217	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20150217)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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