| Name | CVE-2014-0211 |
| Description | Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fs_get_reply, (2) fs_alloc_glyphs, and (3) fs_read_extent_info functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs reply, which triggers a buffer overflow. |
| 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-2927-1 |
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.
Notes
unimportant, as source affected but libxfont has disabled support to connect to font server since 1:1.4.7-1