UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0211

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0211
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0211.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0211
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Withdrawn
2025-07-18T16:42:58Z
Published
2014-05-13T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-07-16T08:10:52.793720Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fsgetreply, (2) fsallocglyphs, and (3) fsreadextent_info functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs reply, which triggers a buffer overflow.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / libxfont

Package

Name
libxfont
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfont@1:1.4.7-1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.4.7-1

Affected versions

1:1.*

1:1.4.6-1
1:1.4.6-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfont-dev",
            "binary_version": "1:1.4.7-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfont1",
            "binary_version": "1:1.4.7-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfont1-dbg",
            "binary_version": "1:1.4.7-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libxfont1-udeb",
            "binary_version": "1:1.4.7-1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}