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CVE-2014-0209

14
FAUCET Score

CVE-2014-0209 describes multiple integer overflows in the FontFileAddEntry and lexAlias functions within X.Org libXfont versions prior to 1.4.8 and 1.4.99.901, affecting Canonical and X.Org libXfont and Ubuntu Linux. This vulnerability, rated with a CVSS score of 4.6 (medium), allows a local attacker to potentially gain privileges by manipulating font path directories, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage regarding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.4.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.2.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
36.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0044 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: libXfont-0:1.2.2-1.0.6.el5_11
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: libXfont-0:1.4.5-4.el6_6
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: libXfont-0:1.4.7-2.el7_0
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2014-0209Important

libXfont: integer overflow of allocations in font metadata file parsing

May 13, 2014

References

advisories.mageia.org / MGASA-2014-0278.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-05/msg00073.html
lists.x.org / archives/xorg-announce/2014-May/002431.html
Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-1893.html
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
secunia.com / advisories/59154
debian.org / security/2014/dsa-2927
mandriva.com / security/advisories
oracle.com / technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
securityfocus.com / archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/67382
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2211-1
vmware.com / security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html