CVE-2014-0210

Publication date 13 May 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Multiple buffer overflows 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 protocol reply to the (1) _fs_recv_conn_setup, (2) fs_read_open_font, (3) fs_read_query_info, (4) fs_read_extent_info, (5) fs_read_glyphs, (6) fs_read_list, or (7) fs_read_list_info function.

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Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
libxfont	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	13.10 saucy	Fixed 1:1.4.6-1ubuntu0.2
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 1:1.4.5-2ubuntu0.12.10.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 1:1.4.4-1ubuntu0.2
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 1:1.4.1-1ubuntu0.3

Notes

mdeslaur

trusty and later are built with --disable-fc, so this shouldn't be an issue. Adding patch anyway for completeness' sake.

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
libxfont	Upstream: ?id=891 Upstream: ?id=cbb Upstream: ?id=491 Upstream: ?id=a3f Upstream: ?id=520 Upstream: ?id=5fa Upstream: ?id=d33

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)