{"id":"CVE-2013-6462","details":"Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:19:41.730713390Z","published":"2014-01-09T18:55:04Z","related":["SUSE-SU-2015:0674-1","openSUSE-SU-2024:10299-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-January/002389.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0018.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/56240"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/56336"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/56357"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/56371"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2838"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2078-1"},{"type":"EVIDENCE","url":"http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=4d024ac10f964f6bd372ae0dd14f02772a6e5f63"},{"type":"FIX","url":"http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=4d024ac10f964f6bd372ae0dd14f02772a6e5f63"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00050.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00052.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://osvdb.org/101842"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/33"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64694"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90123"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}