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CVE-2015-1804 Details

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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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://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html	CVE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00074.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html	CVE
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145	CVE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html	CVE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73279	CVE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1	CVE
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html	[email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00074.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html	[email protected]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145	[email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html	[email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73279	[email protected]
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1	[email protected]
http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-189	Numeric Errors	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
x libxfont	<= 1.4.8 1.5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.5.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux	10.04 12.04 14.04 14.10
CPE 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:14.04::::lts::: cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
debian debian linux	7.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

18 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 31, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 22, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 7, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 25, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 17, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 12, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 15, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 14, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 1, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 27, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 26, 2015	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Mar 23, 2015	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 23, 2015	Initial Analysis	[email protected]
Mar 23, 2015	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

CVE-2015-1804 Details

Description

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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