CVE-2017-13722
lowpriority · track · 28EPSS 0.004 · 34 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
In the pcfGetProperties function in bitmap/pcfread.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, a missing boundary check (for PCF files) could be used by local attackers authenticated to an Xserver for a buffer over-read, for information disclosure or a crash of the X server.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–high · 3.6–7.1
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affected products (4)
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also known as (3)
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references (16)
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500693cnnvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1050459cnnvd
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=672bb944311392e2415b39c0d63b1e1902905bcdcnnvd
- https://www.x.org/releases/individual/lib/libXfont2-2.0.2.tar.bz2cnnvd
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3995enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500693enisa_euvd
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049692enisa_euvd
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=672bb944311392e2415b39c0d63b1e1902905bcdenisa_euvd
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