cve/2014/CVE-2014-0211.md

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.

POC

Reference

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html

Github

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