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CVE-2013-6462

HIGH · CVSS 9.3 EPSS 10.25%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2014-01-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-2013-6462
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
9.3
EPSS
10.25%

Original NVD Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont 1.1 through 1.4.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in a character name in a BDF font file.