CVE-2014-0209

Public on 2014-05-15
Modified on 2014-09-19
Description
A use-after-free flaw was found in the way libXfont processed certain font files when attempting to add a new directory to the font path. A malicious, local user could exploit this issue to potentially execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the X.Org server.
Severity
Important severity
Important
CVSS v3 Base Score
6.9
See breakdown

Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory Status
Amazon Linux 1 libXfont 2014-09-17 ALAS-2014-404 Fixed

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
NVD CVSSv2 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P