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CVE-2004-0083 Details

Description

Buffer overflow in ReadFontAlias from dirfile.c of XFree86 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 allows local users and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a font alias file (font.alias) with a long token, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0084 and CVE-2004-0106.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000821	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107644835523678&w=2	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107653324115914&w=2	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110979666528890&w=2	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200402-02.xml	CVE	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15130	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A806	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A830	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9612	CVE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57768-1	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443	CVE
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=72	CVE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820006	CVE	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:012	CVE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_06_xf86.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-059.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-060.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-061.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9636	CVE	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.405053	CVE
http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000821	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107644835523678&w=2	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107653324115914&w=2	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110979666528890&w=2	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200402-02.xml	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15130	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A806	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A830	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9612	[email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57768-1	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443	[email protected]
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=72	[email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820006	[email protected]	US Government Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:012	[email protected]
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_06_xf86.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-059.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-060.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-061.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9636	[email protected]	ExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.405053	[email protected]
http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
xfree86 project x11r6	4.1.0 4.1.11 4.1.12 4.2.0 4.2.1
CPE cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.1.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.1.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.2.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.2.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.2.1::errata::::: cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.3.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
openbsd openbsd	3.3 3.4
CPE cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.4:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

8 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]