CyberRota Analysis
This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 8.5. It may be remotely exploitable. Exploitation may require the attacker to be authenticated. It may lead to a denial-of-service condition.
CVE
CVE-2015-1802
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
8.5
EPSS
4.90%
Original NVD Description
The bdfReadProperties function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1 allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write and crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) negative or (2) large property count in a BDF font file.