CVE-2001-0955

N/A Unknown
Published: September 22, 2001 Modified: April 16, 2026
View on NVD

Description

Buffer overflow in fbglyph.c in XFree86 before 4.2.0, related to glyph clipping for large origins, allows attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly gain privileges via a large number of characters, possibly through the web page search form of KDE Konqueror or from an xterm command with a long title.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/fb/fbglyph.c
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100776624224549&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100784290015880&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100118958310463&w=2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3657
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3663
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/RELNOTES2.html#2
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.xfree86.org/security/
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7673
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7683
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://cvsweb.xfree86.org/cvsweb/xc/programs/Xserver/fb/fbglyph.c
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100776624224549&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100784290015880&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://marc.info/?l=vuln-dev&m=100118958310463&w=2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3657
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3663
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://www.xfree86.org/4.2.0/RELNOTES2.html#2
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.xfree86.org/security/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7673
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7683
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.1%
24th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

xfree86_project