CVE-2013-6462
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 10.3%EU EUVD
Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 10.3% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-6266)
- Published
- January 9, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-6266 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
- x / libxfont
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=4d024ac10f964f6bd372ae0dd14f02772a6e5f63(Exploit, Patch)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00050.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00052.html
- http://lists.x.org/archives/xorg-announce/2014-January/002389.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/101842
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0018.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/33
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56240(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56336
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56357
- http://secunia.com/advisories/56371
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2838
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64694
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2078-1
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90123
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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