CVE-2001-0955 Memory corruption in n/a
Buffer overflow in XFree86 allows attackers to cause denial of service or gain privileges via crafted input in glyph clipping.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2001-0955?
CVE-2001-0955 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Feb 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0955?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Xfree86 Project X11r6.
How do I fix CVE-2001-0955?
No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0955 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2001-0955 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0955 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v8xr-r568-8jxh.