Vulnerabilities > X > Libxfont > Medium

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
2017-12-01 CVE-2017-16611 Link Following vulnerability in multiple products
In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open (but not read) files on the system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening files.
local
low complexity
debian canonical x CWE-59
4.9
2014-05-15 CVE-2014-0209 Numeric Errors vulnerability in multiple products
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.
local
low complexity
x canonical CWE-189
4.6