Release Date: | 2015-03-17 |
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
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 |
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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