Vulnerabilities > CVE-2001-0955 - Denial of Service vulnerability in Xfree86 Project X11R6 4.0/4.0.1/4.0.3

047910
CVSS 7.2 - HIGH
Attack vector
LOCAL
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE
Integrity impact
COMPLETE
Availability impact
COMPLETE
local
low complexity
xfree86-project

Summary

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.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Xfree86_Project
3