THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2014-0210
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2014-0210

Libxfont vulnerability

CVSS
7.5
EPSS
4.4%
EPSS pct
90th
Exploited
No known
Multiple buffer overflows in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs protocol reply to the (1) _fs_recv_conn_setup, (2) fs_read_open_font, (3) fs_read_query_info, (4) fs_read_extent_info, (5) fs_read_glyphs, (6) fs_read_list, or (7) fs_read_list_info function.
Affected vendor
X
Affected product
Libxfont
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2014-05-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 90% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2014-0210

  • Confirm whether X Libxfont is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-0210.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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