CVE-2015-1803

HighCVSS 8.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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 handle character bitmaps it cannot read, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted BDF font file.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 8.5/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Mar 20, 2015
Last modified
Jun 17, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2015-1803: High severity, CVSS 8.5 | Vulnix