CVE-2014-0211

Name	CVE-2014-0211
Description	Multiple integer overflows in the (1) fs_get_reply, (2) fs_alloc_glyphs, and (3) fs_read_extent_info functions in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.8 and 1.4.9x before 1.4.99.901 allow remote font servers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted xfs reply, which triggers a buffer overflow.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SuSE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-2927-1
NVD severity	high (attack range: remote)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libxfont (PTS)	wheezy (security), wheezy	1:1.4.5-5	fixed
	stretch, jessie	1:1.5.1-1	fixed
	sid	1:1.5.2-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin
libxfont	source	(unstable)	1:1.4.7-2	unimportant
libxfont	source	squeeze	1:1.4.1-5	high	DSA-2927-1
libxfont	source	wheezy	1:1.4.5-4	high	DSA-2927-1

unimportant, as source affected but libxfont has disabled support to connect to font server since 1:1.4.7-1