CVE-2015-1802
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CVE Details
| Release Date: | 2015-03-17 | |
| Impact: | Important | What is this? |
Description
An integer overflow flaw was found 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 or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server.
See more information about CVE-2015-1802 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: | 4.4 |
| Vector String: | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Version: | 2.0 |
| Attack Vector: | Local |
| Attack Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| 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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