CVE-2011-2895 describes a critical vulnerability in the LZW decompressor within X.Org libXfont and various BSD operating systems (OpenBSD, FreeBSD, NetBSD), as well as FreeType. This flaw, related to improper handling of absent code words during decompression, can lead to an infinite loop or a heap-based buffer overflow when processing crafted compressed streams. With a CVSS score of 9.3, it poses a high risk of arbitrary code execution, requiring medium attack complexity but no authentication. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:freetype:freetype:2.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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