Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 15, 2014· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-0209
CVE-2014-0209
Description
Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FontFileAddEntry and (2) lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 might allow local users to gain privileges by adding a directory with a large fonts.dir or fonts.alias file to the font path, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to metadata.
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Affected products
6cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
Patches
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References
13- lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.htmlnvd
- seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/59154nvd
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threadednvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1nvd
- www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.htmlnvd
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