CVE-2004-0084 describes a critical buffer overflow vulnerability in the ReadFontAlias function of XFree86 versions 4.1.0 to 4.3.0, specifically when processing font alias files. This flaw allows authenticated local or remote users to execute arbitrary code by supplying a specially crafted font.alias file, impacting OpenBSD and XFree86 X11R6 distributions. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the CISA KEV catalog and showing no recent community discussion or media coverage, an exploit for this vulnerability is publicly available on ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.12CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.1.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xfree86_project:x11r6:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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