CVE-2001-0955

Published Feb 2, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 7.2 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2001-0938 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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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 8, 2024, 4:37 AM
Reserved
Jan 31, 2002, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 22, 2001, 4:00 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 9:55 PM