CVE-2017-13720

lowpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.004 · 38 %ileEUUS
grimoire priorityP3 · Track
Exploitable?
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no known exploitation
Likely / severe?
0.44% (38th) EPSS
CVSS 3.6 · low
Is it mine?
4 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
3 sources
cnnvd · enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

In the PatternMatch function in fontfile/fontdir.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, an attacker with access to an X connection can cause a buffer over-read during pattern matching of fonts, leading to information disclosure or a crash (denial of service). This occurs because '\0' characters are incorrectly skipped in situations involving ? characters.

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cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.1
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.6–7.1

v2.03.6lowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 4.9
v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.2
v3.06.5mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

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CWE-125USprimary
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affected products (4)

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also known as (3)

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sources

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cnnvdenisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 2017-10-11modified 2026-06-17
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references (16)

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