CVE

Id
79080  
CVE No.
CVE-2015-1803  
Status
Candidate  
Description
The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 does not properly handle character bitmaps it cannot read, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.  
Phase
Assigned (20150217)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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