CVE-2015-1804
EPSS 3.1%
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 perform type conversion for metrics values, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds memory access) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.
How to fix CVE-2015-1804
To remediate CVE-2015-1804, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/libxfont—upgrade to 1:1.5.1-1 or later
Is CVE-2015-1804 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 3.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:1.5.1-1