debian · CVE-2013-6462

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Fri, 26 Jun 2026 00:59:27 GMT

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CVE-2013-6462 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (libxfont), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

Description:

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.

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