CVE-2015-1804
The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly perform type conversion for metrics values, which allows remote authenticated
02 Description
The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly perform type conversion for metrics values, which allows remote authenticated
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
- 4.94% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 92.1% 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 2026-06-17.
- 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
- 2015-03-20 14:00Z11 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 04:54Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2015-02-17
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- dc2f392431b1da766e82c1134cba0926c86ade73883f22870b22c072134192ef
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2015-2367936.html
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201507-21https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201507-21
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:0674http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00002.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:2300http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-12/msg00074.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-2536-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2536-1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-4230http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152838.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2015:1708http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1708.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2015:0614http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-03/msg00032.html
- www.securitytracker.com1031935http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031935
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2015-4199http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-March/152497.html
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2015-2511959.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-3194http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3194
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:145http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145
- www.x.orghttp://www.x.org/wiki/Development/Security/Advisory-2015-03-17/
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0113.html
- www.securityfocus.com73279http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73279
- lists.opensuse.orgSUSE-SU-2015:0702http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-04/msg00005.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libxfont Fixed in 1:1.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libxfont Fixed in 1:1.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libxfont Fixed in 1:1.5.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- libxfont Fixed in 1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.