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National Vulnerability Database

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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2004-0084 Detail

Description

Buffer overflow in the ReadFontAlias function in XFree86 4.1.0 to 4.3.0, when using the CopyISOLatin1Lowered function, allows local or remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a malformed entry in the font alias (font.alias) file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0083 and CVE-2004-0106.


Metrics

 
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000821 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107662833512775&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110979666528890&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57768-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443 CVE, MITRE
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=73 CVE, MITRE
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/667502 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:012 CVE, MITRE
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_06_xf86.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-059.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-060.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-061.html CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9652 CVE, MITRE Exploit  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.405053 CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15200 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10405 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A807 CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A831 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2004-0084
NVD Published Date:
03/03/2004
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE