CVE-2007-5199 Memory corruption in n/a

What is CVE-2007-5199?

CVE-2007-5199 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 18 Aug 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

Weakness: CWE-119

Which versions are affected by CVE-2007-5199?

It affects 1 product.

Products include X Libxfont.

How do I fix CVE-2007-5199?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2007-5199 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2007-5199 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2013-6462 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2026-56001 libXfont2 BitmapScaleBitmaps Integer Overflow Heap Buffer Overflow High 8.5
• CVE-2026-56002 libXfont2 PCF Font Parsing Heap Buffer Overflow High 8.5
• CVE-2026-56003 libXfont2 computeProps Property Buffer Heap Buffer Overflow High 8.5
• CVE-2015-1802 Memory corruption in n/a High 8.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2007-5199, GHSA-c8m3-98wf-r685.