USN-2211-1: libxfont Ubuntu

CVSS: UnknownPublished
Published 14-05-2014Last modified 22-04-2026
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Vulnerability summary

USN-2211-1 is a vulnerability in libxfont Ubuntu with no CVSS score yet.

Overall risk
0/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
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010
No CVSS score recorded
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KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 3 · Downstream 0 · Related 3
CVE-2014-0209CVE-2014-0210CVE-2014-0211

Timeline

  1. 14-05-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 22-04-2026
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

libxfont vulnerabilities Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled font metadata file parsing. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code in order to gain privileges. (CVE-2014-0209) Ilja van Sprundel discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled X Font Server replies. A malicious font server could return specially-crafted data that could cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary code. This issue only affected Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, Ubuntu 12.10 and Ubuntu 13.10. (CVE-2014-0210, CVE-2014-0211)

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Public exploits

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Weaknesses

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Affected systems

Ubuntu1 product
  • libxfont< 1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1

1 vendor · 1 product

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