CVE-2013-6462Not scoredCWE-119

CVE-2013-6462: X Libxfont vulnerability

X · Libxfont

Vendor fix available · Affected: X Libxfont · Exploitation: likely to be exploited (10% or more)

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10.3%probability of exploitation in the next 30 days

95th percentile

050100

Higher than 95% of scored CVEs

Not scored yet. The CVE record carries no CVSS score.

DescriptionCVE.org

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.

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Exploitation: Likely to be exploited (10% or more). EPSS gives it a 10% or higher chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
CISA KEV: Not listed
Public check: No public nuclei template
Weakness: Memory Buffer Bounds · Memory Corruption
Vendor: X
Published: January 2014
Band: Likely to be exploited (10% or more), January 2014

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References

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