{"id":"USN-2536-1","summary":"libxfont vulnerabilities","details":"Ilja van Sprundel, Alan Coopersmith, and William Robinet discovered that\nlibXfont incorrectly handled malformed bdf fonts. A local attacker could\nuse this issue to cause libXfont to crash, or possibly execute arbitrary\ncode in order to gain privileges.\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:09:38.206403Z","published":"2015-03-18T14:45:53Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1802","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1803","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1804"],"upstream":["CVE-2015-1802","CVE-2015-1803","CVE-2015-1804","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1802","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1803","UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1804"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2536-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1802"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1803"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1804"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libxfont","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libxfont@1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2"}]}],"versions":["1:1.4.6-1","1:1.4.6-1ubuntu1","1:1.4.7-1","1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"libxfont1","binary_version":"1:1.4.7-1ubuntu0.2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2536-1.json","cves_map":{"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","cves":[{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2015-1802"},{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2015-1803"},{"severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}],"id":"CVE-2015-1804"}]}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}