Bug 1500690 (CVE-2017-13720) - CVE-2017-13720 libXfont: Insufficient input validation in fontdir.c
Summary: CVE-2017-13720 libXfont: Insufficient input validation in fontdir.c
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Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Alias: CVE-2017-13720
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 1500694 1500695
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2017-10-11 10:46 UTC by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2019-09-29 14:24 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2019-06-08 03:29:05 UTC
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-10-11 10:46:26 UTC 
It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled certain patterns in
PatternMatch. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to
crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive
information.

Upstream patch:

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=d1e670a4a8704b8708e493ab6155589bcd570608
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-10-11 10:50:03 UTC 
Created libXfont tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1500695]


Created libXfont2 tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1500694]
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