CVE-2014-0211
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2014-05-13 | |
| Impact: | Moderate | What is this? |
Description
Multiple out-of-bounds write flaws were found in the way libXfont parsed replies received from an X.org font server. A malicious X.org server could cause an X client to crash or, possibly, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server.
See more information about CVE-2014-0211 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Vector String: | AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Adjacent Network |
| Attack Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | Partial |
Errata information
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
| Oracle Linux version 5 (libXfont) | ELSA-2014-1893 | 2014-11-24 |
| Oracle Linux version 6 (libXfont) | ELSA-2014-1870 | 2014-11-18 |
| Oracle Linux version 7 (libXfont) | ELSA-2014-1870 | 2014-11-18 |
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