{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0209","details":"Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FontFileAddEntry and (2) lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 might allow local users to gain privileges by adding a directory with a large fonts.dir or fonts.alias file to the font path, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to metadata.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:28:35.453925Z","published":"2014-05-13T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-2211-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2014-0209"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-0209"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2211-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0209"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxfont","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfont@1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1"}]}],"versions":["1:1.4.6-1","1:1.4.6-1ubuntu1","1:1.4.7-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libxfont1","binary_version":"1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0209.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}