Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Mar 20, 2015· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2015-1804
CVE-2015-1804
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 perform type conversion for metrics values, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.
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Affected products
18- osv-coords17 versionspkg:rpm/suse/libXfont&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libXfont&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libXfont&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libXfont&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libXfont&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libXfont&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/libXfont&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012pkg:rpm/suse/libXfont&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2012%20SP1pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Desktop%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP3-TERADATApkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Server%20for%20SAP%20Applications%2011%20SP4pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP3pkg:rpm/suse/xorg-x11-libs&distro=SUSE%20Linux%20Enterprise%20Software%20Development%20Kit%2011%20SP4
< 1.4.7-7.1+ 16 more
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.7-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.7-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.7-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.7-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.7-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.7-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.7-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 1.4.7-7.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-8.26.46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-8.26.46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-8.26.46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-8.26.46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-8.26.46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-8.26.46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-8.26.46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-8.26.46.1
- (no CPE)range: < 7.4-8.26.46.1
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
17- www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/nvdVendor Advisory
- advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.htmlnvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.htmlnvd
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00074.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.htmlnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.htmlnvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/73279nvd
- www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21nvd
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