CVE-2015-1803

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-03-17

Description

A NULL pointer dereference flaw was discovered in the way libXfont processed certain Glyph Bitmap Distribution Format (BDF) fonts. A malicious, local user could use this flaw to crash the X.Org server.

See more information about CVE-2015-1803 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	1.9	Base Metrics:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Local network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (libXfont)	ELSA-2015-1708	2015-09-03
Oracle Linux version 7 (libXfont)	ELSA-2015-1708	2015-09-03
Oracle VM version 3.3 (libXfont)	OVMSA-2015-0120	2015-09-03
Oracle VM version 3.4 (libXfont)	OVMSA-2015-0120	2015-09-03

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