7.5

CVE-2014-0211: canonical ubuntu_linux Numeric Errors

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2014-0211DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0211
Published 15-05-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2014-0211 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Numeric Errors vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 4.36% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 91.1% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
31/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
4.36%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 5 · Related 1
DSA-2927-1MGASA-2014-0278RHSA-2014:1870RHSA-2014:1893USN-2211-1

Timeline

  1. 15-05-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fs_get_reply, (2) fs_alloc_glyphs, and (3) fs_read_extent_info functions 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 reply, which triggers a buffer overflow.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

4.36%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

91%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 4.36% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
4.36%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Canonical1 product
Debian1 product
  • libxfont< 1:1.4.7-2
Ubuntu1 product
  • libxfont< 1:1.4.7-1
X1 product
  • libxfont≤ 1.4.7 | 1.2.3 | 1.2.4 | 1.2.5 | 1.2.6 | 1.2.7 | 1.2.8 | 1.2.9 | 1.3.0 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.4 | 1.4.0 | 1.4.1 | 1.4.2 | 1.4.3 | 1.4.4 | 1.4.5 | 1.4.6 | 1.4.99

4 vendors · 4 products

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