CVE-2013-6462
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6462
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-6462.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-6462
- Related
- Published
- 2014-01-09T18:55:04Z
- Modified
- 2024-09-18T01:00:20Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.
- References
-
- http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-January/002389.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0018.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56240
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56336
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56357
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56371
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2838
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2078-1
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=4d024ac10f964f6bd372ae0dd14f02772a6e5f63
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00052.html
- http://osvdb.org/101842
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/33
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64694
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90123
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6462
Affected packages
Debian:11 / libxfont
Package
- Name
- libxfont
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libxfont?arch=source
Debian:12 / libxfont
Package
- Name
- libxfont
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libxfont?arch=source
Debian:13 / libxfont
Package
- Name
- libxfont
- Purl
- pkg:deb/debian/libxfont?arch=source