CVE-2004-0083 EXPLOIT
10.0
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 21.2% (pctl 98)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in ReadFontAlias from dirfile.c of XFree86 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 allows local users and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a font alias file (font.alias) with a long token, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0084 and CVE-2004-0106.
Scoring
| CVSS | 10.0 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 21.18% — more likely to be exploited than 98% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2004-03-03 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| openbsd | openbsd |
| xfree86 project | x11r6 |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | XFree86 4.3 - Font Information File Buffer Overflow | 2004-11-10 |
References
- http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000821
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107644835523678&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107653324115914&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110979666528890&w=2
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200402-02.xml
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57768-1
- http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=72
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820006
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:012
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_06_xf86.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-059.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-060.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-061.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9636
- http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.405053
- http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15130
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A806
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A830
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