CVE-2015-1803
At a glance
- Severity
- Not available
- EPSS
- EPSS 4.89 % · percentile 92 (2026-10-27)
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Published
- Updated
- Assigner
- redhat
- NVD status
- Modified
Description
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.
Scores
| Version | Score | Vector | Scored by |
|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | HIGH 8.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C | NVD · nvd@nist.gov (Primary) |
European references
- ENISA EUVD · EUVD-2015-1928
- GCVE · GCVE-0-2015-1803
CERT-FR advisories
- CERTFR-2022-AVI-267 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Juniper Networks Junos Space · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
- CERTFR-2015-AVI-169 — Multiples vulnérabilités dans Oracle Solaris · cert.ssi.gouv.fr
Affected configurations (NVD CPE)
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*≤ 1.4.8cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Affected products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
| affected n/a |
References
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
- http://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73280
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| CVE List (CVEProject cvelistV5) | CVE Program Terms of Use |
| EPSS (FIRST.org) | FIRST — attribution requested |
| ENISA EUVD | ENISA — reproduction authorised, source acknowledged |
| CERT-FR (ANSSI) | Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0 |
| NVD (NIST) via fkie-cad/nvd-json-data-feeds | Public domain — this product uses data from the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD |