Vulnerability in X Libxfont

CVE-2015-1803

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…

EPSS: 0.049 (91.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2015-1803?
CVE-2015-1803 is a vulnerability in X Libxfont. Published 2015-03-20.
Is CVE-2015-1803 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.