CVE-2004-0083: openbsd
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2004-0083 is a high (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability in openbsd. EPSS estimates a 21.18% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97.5% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 2Timeline
- 14-02-2004PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 08-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
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 different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0084 and CVE-2004-0106.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
21.18%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
98%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 21.18% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (securityfocus.com)
Maturity: unknown
XFree86 4.3 - Font Information File Buffer Overflow
Maturity: weaponized
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
Openbsd1 product
- openbsdEOL3.3 | 3.4
Xfree86_project1 product
- x11r64.1.0 | 4.1.11 | 4.1.12 | 4.2.0 | 4.2.1 | 4.3.0
2 vendors · 2 products
References
21 links- www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=72X Refsource MISC
Show all 21 references
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A806VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A830VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9612VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL
- www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.405053Vendor AdvisoryX Refsource SLACKWARE