CVE-2017-13722
Estado: ModificadaAlta (7.1)—
In the pcfGetProperties function in bitmap/pcfread.c in libXfont through 1.5.2 and 2.x before 2.0.2, a missing boundary check (for PCF files) could be used by local attackers authenticated to an Xserver for a buffer over-read, for information disclosure or a crash of the X server.
CVSS
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
- Puntuación base: 7.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 0.40%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 31
- Fecha de la puntuación: 5/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-125
Referencias
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3995
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500693
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049692
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=672bb944311392e2415b39c0d63b1e1902905bcd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-08
- https://www.x.org/releases/individual/lib/libXfont2-2.0.2.tar.bz2
- http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3995
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500693
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1049692
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=672bb944311392e2415b39c0d63b1e1902905bcd
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-08
- https://www.x.org/releases/individual/lib/libXfont2-2.0.2.tar.bz2
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