cve/2013/CVE-2013-6462.md

### [CVE-2013-6462](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-6462)
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### 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.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html

#### Github
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