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CVE-2001-0955 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in fbglyph.c in XFree86 before 4.2.0, related to glyph clipping for large origins, allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges via a large number of characters, possibly through the web page search form of KDE Konqueror or from an xterm command with a long title.


Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Hyperlink Resource
http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/fb/fbglyph.c
http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/fb/fbglyph.c
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100776624224549&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100776624224549&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100784290015880&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100784290015880&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100118958310463&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100118958310463&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3657 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3657 Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3663 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3663 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/RELNOTES2.html#2
http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/RELNOTES2.html#2
http://www.xfree86.org/security/
http://www.xfree86.org/security/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7673
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7673
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7683
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7683

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2001-0955
NVD Published Date:
09/22/2001
NVD Last Modified:
11/20/2024
Source:
MITRE