CVE-2013-6462 (GCVE-0-2013-6462)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-01-09 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 17:39
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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