cvelist/2017/13xxx/CVE-2017-13720.json

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            "value" : "In the PatternMatch function in fontfile/fontdir.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, an attacker with access to an X connection can cause a buffer over-read during pattern matching of fonts, leading to information disclosure or a crash (denial of service). This occurs because '\\0' characters are incorrectly skipped in situations involving ? characters."
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         {
            "url" : "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500690"
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         {
            "url" : "https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1054285"
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            "url" : "https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=d1e670a4a8704b8708e493ab6155589bcd570608"
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            "url" : "http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3995"
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            "url" : "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-08"
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