CVE-2014-0211 Information

Description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fs_get_reply (2) fs_alloc_glyphs and (3) fs_read_extent_info functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs reply which triggers a buffer overflow.

Reference

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0278.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23 http://secunia.com/advisories/59154 http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2927 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:145 http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67382 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2211-1 http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html