01 Record
CVE-2004-0083
Buffer overflow in ReadFontAlias from dirfile.c of XFree86 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 allows local users and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a font alias file (font.alias) with a long token, a
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in ReadFontAlias from dirfile.c of XFree86 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 allows local users and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a font alias file (font.alias) with a long token, a
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 21.17% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 97.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2004-02-14 05:00Z22 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-08 00:01Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2004-01-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- d221dbdc1265114e5fca2add80f0ee683e47fd25b7dae698222a8eee6800b328
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.novell.comSuSE-SA:2004:006http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_06_xf86.html
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:060http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-060.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxfree86-fontalias-bo(15130)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15130
- sunsolve.sun.com57768http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57768-1
- distro.conectiva.com.brCLA-2004:821http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000821
- www.idefense.comhttp://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=72
- www.securityfocus.com9636http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9636
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-200402-02http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200402-02.xml
- marc.info20040210 iDEFENSESecurityAdvisory02.10.04: XFree86FontInformationFileBufferOverflowhttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107644835523678&w=2
- marc.infoFLSA:2314http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110979666528890&w=2
- www.debian.orgDSA-443http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:806https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A806
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2004:012http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:012
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:830https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A830
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:059http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-059.html
- www.xfree86.orghttp://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#820006http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820006
- marc.info20040211 XFree86 vulnerability exploithttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107653324115914&w=2
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9612https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9612
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2004:061http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-061.html
- www.slackware.comSSA:2004-043http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.405053