Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-1351: FreeType: User-assisted execution of arbitrary code
9
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
04/05/2007
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
10/29/2021
Description
Integer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bdfread.c in (1) X.Org libXfont before 20070403 and (2) freetype 2.3.2 and earlier allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via crafted BDF fonts, which result in a heap overflow.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-media-libs-freetype
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-net-misc-tightvnc
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-x11-libs-libxfont
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