CVE-2014-0209 Integer overflow in n/a

What is CVE-2014-0209?

CVE-2014-0209 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 15 May 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Multiple integer overflows in the (1) FontFileAddEntry and (2) lexAlias functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 might allow local users to gain privileges by adding a directory with a large fonts.dir or fonts.alias file to the font path, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to metadata.

Weakness: CWE-189

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-0209?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, X Libxfont.

How do I fix CVE-2014-0209?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2014-0209 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-0209 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-0209, GHSA-rm8x-6gj9-f66x, UBUNTU-CVE-2014-0209.