Description
Buffer overflow in fbglyph.c in XFree86 before 4.2.0, related to glyph clipping for large origins, allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges via a large number of characters, possibly through the web page search form of KDE Konqueror or from an xterm command with a long title.
Affected products
- xfree86_project / x11r64.0 – 4.0
- xfree86_project / x11r64.0.1 – 4.0.1
- xfree86_project / x11r64.0.3 – 4.0.3
References
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3663
- MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3657
- MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100776624224549&w=2
- MISChttp://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/RELNOTES2.html#2
- MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100784290015880&w=2
- MISChttp://www.xfree86.org/security/
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7683
- MISChttp://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/fb/fbglyph.c
- MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7673
- MAILING_LISThttp://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100118958310463&w=2