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CVE-2001-0955

Buffer overflow in fbglyph.c in XFree86 before 4.2.0, related to glyph clipping for large origins, allows attackers to cause a denial of se…

Published 25 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.2
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 40%
Public exploits
0
none known

Buffer overflow in fbglyph.c in XFree86 before 4.2.0, related to glyph clipping for large origins, allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges via a large number of characters, possibly through the web page search form of KDE Konqueror or from an xterm command with a long title.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.45% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.07.2AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

  • securityfocus.com /bid/3663 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/3657 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=100776624224549&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • xfree86.org /4.2.0/RELNOTES2.html#2 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=bugtraq&m=100784290015880&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
  • xfree86.org /security/ · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/7683 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • cvsweb.xfree86.org /cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/fb/fbglyph.c · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/7673 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
  • marc.info /?l=vuln-dev&m=100118958310463&w=2 · mailing-list, x_refsource_VULN-DEV, x_transferred

Sources

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