Upstream information

CVE-2003-0581 at MITRE

Description

X Fontserver for Truetype fonts (xfstt) 1.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) FS_QueryXExtents8 or (2) FS_QueryXBitmaps8 packet, and possibly other types of packets, with a large num_ranges value, which causes an out-of-bounds array access.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.5
Vector AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 42999 [VERIFIED / FIXED]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jun 28 00:24:54 2013
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:14:33 2025