Buffer overflow in (1) X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1, and (2) the libfont and libXfont libraries on some platforms including Sun Solaris,…

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) X.Org Xserver before 1.4.1, and (2) the libfont and libXfont libraries on some platforms including Sun Solaris, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PCF font with a large difference between the last col and first col values in the PCF_BDF_ENCODINGS table.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.1% · top 7.6% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (67)

• 28542 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29139 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-077.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 27336 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0184 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 103192 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred
• 29622 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-0831 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-0794 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• SUSE-SA:2008:003 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• SUSE-SR:2008:008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=428044 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 28500 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28532 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29707 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:024 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• 28843 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28540 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• SSRT080083 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• 20080130 rPSA-2008-0032-1 xorg-x11 xorg-x11-fonts xorg-x11-tools xorg-x11-xfs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• 28544 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0703 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10021 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0924 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 28718 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0029 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• [4.1] 20080208 012: SECURITY FIX: February 8, 2008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDx_transferred
• 28941 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28592 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0064 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• xorg-pcffont-bo(39767) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
• 28621 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 29420 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• MDVSA-2008:022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• APPLE-SA-2008-03-18 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
• 30161 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• GLSA-200805-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• RHSA-2008:0030 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• 28273 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• VU#203220 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• 28550 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0497 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-038.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• JVNDB-2008-001043 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNDBx_transferred
• http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204362 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 28885 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• USN-571-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• GLSA-200804-05 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• 28535 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-0891 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• ADV-2008-3000 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [xorg] 20080117 X.Org security advisory: multiple vulnerabilities in the X server (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/subscriptions/ijhifoeblist?mode=7&heading=AIX61&path=/200802/SECURITY/20080227/datafile112539&label=AIX%20X%20server%20multiple%20vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 27352 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 32545 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 1019232 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2010 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [4.2] 20080208 006: SECURITY FIX: February 8, 2008 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_OPENBSDx_transferred
• FEDORA-2008-0760 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
• 28571 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 28536 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• JVN#88935101 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_JVNx_transferred
• GLSA-200801-09 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• ADV-2008-0179 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
• 201230 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUNALERTx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 07:32 UTC.