CVE-2017-13722

In the pcfGetProperties function in bitmap/pcfread.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, a missing boundary check (for PCF files) could be used by local attackers authenticated to an Xserver for a buffer over-read, for information disclosure or a crash of the X server.

Score

CVSS 3.0 7.1 High

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-10-11

Last modified

2024-08-05

Weaknesses

CWE-125

Affected products

• Libxfont (X.org)

References

• http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3995
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500693
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049692
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=672bb944311392e2415b39c0d63b1e1902905bcd
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-08
• https://www.x.org/releases/individual/lib/libXfont2-2.0.2.tar.bz2