Integer overflow in the FontFileInitTable function in X.Org libXfont before 20070403 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a long first line in the fonts.dir file, which results in a heap overflow.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1352 is rated Moderate Risk (44.2/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.70%). Mandatory action: Review affected assets and schedule remediation.
Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-01-15 | 1.38% | 1.70% | +0.32% |
| 2 | 2025-12-23 | 1.31% | 1.38% | +0.07% |
| 3 | 2025-12-10 | — | 1.31% | — |
Full EPSS history (16 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3.8 | 2.0 | LOW |
|
4.4 | 4.9 | [email protected] |
| vendor | priority | summary | link |
|---|---|---|---|
debian
|
medium | CVE-2007-1352 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libxfont), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. | https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-1352 |
gentoo
|
high | CVE-2007-1352: 1 GLSA(s) (200705-10), 2 atom(s) (net-misc/tightvnc, x11-libs/libXfont); latest impact high. | https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-1352 |
redhat
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high | — | https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-1352 |
ubuntu
|
medium | CVE-2007-1352 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (libxfont), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. | https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2007-1352 |
: The vendor has addressed this vulnerability in the following product update: http://xorg.freedesktop.org/archive/X11R7.2/patches/
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| mandrakesoft | mandrake_multi_network_firewall | 2.0 | cpe:2.3:a:mandrakesoft:mandrake_multi_network_firewall:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| x.org | libxfont | 1.2.2 | cpe:2.3:a:x.org:libxfont:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:advanced_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:enterprise_server_ia64:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1:*:workstation_ia64:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:3.0:*:workstation_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:advanced_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:enterprise_server:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:4.0:*:workstation:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:client:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | enterprise_linux_desktop | 5.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:5.0:*:client_workstation:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | fedora_core | core_1.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:fedora_core:core_1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:9.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux_advanced_workstation | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:* |
| redhat | linux_advanced_workstation | 2.1 | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_advanced_workstation:2.1:*:itanium:*:*:*:*:* |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 9.0 | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slackware | slackware_linux | 9.1 | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| slackware | slackware_linux | current | cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:current:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| turbolinux | turbolinux_desktop | 10.0 | cpe:2.3:o:turbolinux:turbolinux_desktop:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 4.1 | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ia32:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 4.1 | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ia64:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 4.1 | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:4.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 5.10 | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 5.10 | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 5.10 | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 5.10 | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:5.10:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.06_lts | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.06_lts | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.06_lts | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.06_lts | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.06_lts:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.10 | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:amd64:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.10 | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:i386:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.10 | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:powerpc:*:*:*:*:* |
| ubuntu | ubuntu_linux | 6.10 | cpe:2.3:o:ubuntu:ubuntu_linux:6.10:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:* |
| rpath | linux | 1 | cpe:2.3:o:rpath:linux:1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openbsd | 3.9 | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| openbsd | openbsd | 4.0 | cpe:2.3:o:openbsd:openbsd:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |