CVE-2015-1803
Public on 2015-03-20
Modified on 2015-09-22
Description
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.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | libXfont | 2015-09-22 | ALAS-2015-597 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 8.5 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C |