Denial of service vulnerability in X.Org libXfont

Description

Improper type conversion and bitmaps handling was found in X.Org libXfont. By exploiting this vulnerability malicious users can execute arbitrary code or cause denial of service. This vulnerability can be exploited remotely via a specially designed BDF font file.

Original advisories

• X.Org advisory

Related products

• libXfont

CVE list

• CVE-2015-1804
  critical
• CVE-2015-1803
  critical
• CVE-2015-1802
  critical

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