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 handle character bitmaps it cannot read, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2015-03-20T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T04:54:16.182Z

Reserved: 2015-02-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-1803

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-03-20T14:59:02.403

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:26:10.673

Link: CVE-2015-1803

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2015-03-17T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-1803 - Bugzilla