CVE-2015-1804

Public on 2015-03-20
Modified on 2015-09-22
Description
An integer truncation 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 or, 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 2015-09-22 ALAS-2015-597 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 8.5 AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C