CVE-2007-5199 describes a critical single-byte overflow vulnerability in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1, specifically within the catalogue.c file. This flaw allows remote attackers to achieve unspecified but potentially severe impact, as indicated by its CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), signifying high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts with no user interaction required. Despite its age and high severity, there is no known active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. However, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, with 10 mentions, suggesting ongoing awareness or analysis.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.