CVE-2003-0581 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability, and potential arbitrary code execution, in the X Fontserver for Truetype fonts (xfstt) version 1.4. Remote attackers can trigger an out-of-bounds array access by sending crafted FS_QueryXExtents8 or FS_QueryXBitmaps8 packets with a large num_ranges value. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.5, indicating high severity with a network attack vector, low attack complexity, and potential for partial impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or KEV listing, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting awareness among security researchers.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xfstt:xfstt:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xfstt:xfstt:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.