CVE-2017-13720 — Out-of-bounds Read in Libxfont
Severity
7.1HIGHNVD
EPSS
0.1%
top 80.34%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
Timeline
PublishedOct 11
Latest updateMay 17
Description
In the PatternMatch function in fontfile/fontdir.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, an attacker with access to an X connection can cause a buffer over-read during pattern matching of fonts, leading to information disclosure or a crash (denial of service). This occurs because '\0' characters are incorrectly skipped in situations involving ? characters.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:HExploitability: 1.8 | Impact: 5.2