PT-2007-1127 · X.Org · Libxfont

Joerg Sonnenberger · Published 2007-09-21 · Updated 2020-07-30 · CVE-2007-5199

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: libXfont version 1.3.1

Description: The issue is caused by a single byte overflow in the catalogue.c component of the libXfont library. This overflow can be exploited by remote attackers, potentially leading to unspecified impact, including a denial of service due to the use of the readlink service.

Recommendations: For libXfont version 1.3.1, consider restricting access to the catalogue.c component as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

BDU:2017-02014

CVE-2007-5199

Affected Products

Libxfont

References · 7

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=327854 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2007-5199 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2017-02014 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2007-5199 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-5199 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5199 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=5bf703700ee4a5d6eae20da07cb7a29369667aef · Note