In the pcfGetProperties function in bitmap/pcfread.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, a missing boundary check (for PCF files) could be used by local attackers authenticated to an Xserver for a buffer over-read, for information disclosure or a crash of the X server.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3995 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500693 | Issue Tracking |
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049692 | Issue Tracking |
https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=672bb944311392e2415b39c0d63b1e1902905bcd | Patch Third Party Advisory |
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-08 | |
https://www.x.org/releases/individual/lib/libXfont2-2.0.2.tar.bz2 | Vendor Advisory |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2017-10-11T17:00:00
Updated: 2017-11-12T10:57:01
Reserved: 2017-08-28T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2017-13722
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 2017-10-11T17:29:00.350
Modified: 2017-11-13T02:29:02.430
Link: CVE-2017-13722
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CWE