CVE-2007-5199 (GCVE-0-2007-5199)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-08-18 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 15:24
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Summary
A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2007-09-28 00:00
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