CVE-2007-5199 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Libxfont

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferCWE-193 — Off-by-one Error7 documents7 sources
Severity
9.8CRITICALNVD
EPSS
0.5%
top 33.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
2
X.org LibxfontX Libxfont
Timeline
PublishedAug 18
Latest updateMay 1

Description

A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HExploitability: 3.9 | Impact: 5.9

Affected Packages2 packages

▶Debianx.org/libxfont< 1:1.3.2-1+3
▶NVDx/libxfont1.3.1

🔴Vulnerability Details

3
GHSA
GHSA-c8m3-98wf-r685: A single byte overflow in catalogue↗2022-05-01
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CVEList
CVE-2007-5199: A single byte overflow in catalogue↗2017-08-18
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OSV
CVE-2007-5199: A single byte overflow in catalogue↗2017-08-18
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📋Vendor Advisories

2
Red Hat
libxfont: single byte overflow in catalogue.c↗2007-09-28
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Debian
CVE-2007-5199: libxfont - A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote atta...↗2007
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💬Community

1
Bugzilla
CVE-2007-5199 libxfont: single byte overflow in catalogue.c↗2017-08-22
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