CVE-2013-6462

Name	CVE-2013-6462
Description	Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-2838-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libxfont (PTS)	jessie, jessie (lts)	1:1.5.1-1+deb8u2	fixed
	stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch	1:2.0.1-3+deb9u2	fixed
	buster	1:2.0.3-1	fixed
	bullseye	1:2.0.4-1	fixed
	sid, trixie, bookworm	1:2.0.6-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libxfont	source	squeeze	1:1.4.1-4		DSA-2838-1
libxfont	source	wheezy	1:1.4.5-3		DSA-2838-1
libxfont	source	(unstable)	1:1.4.7-1