Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU38457

Buffer overflow in libXfont - CVE-2007-5199

Published: August 18, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU38457

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2007-5199

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: X.org

Affected software:
libXfont

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

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