The LZW decompressor in (1) the BufCompressedFill function in fontfile/decompress.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.4 and (2) compress/compress.c in 4.3BSD, as used in zopen.c in OpenBSD before 3.8, FreeBSD, NetBSD 4.0.x and 5.0.x before 5.0.3 and 5.1.x before 5.1.1, FreeType 2.1.9, and other products, does not properly handle code words that are absent from the decompression table when encountered, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger an infinite loop or a heap-based buffer overflow, and possibly execute arbitrary code, via a crafted compressed stream, a related issue to CVE-2006-1168 and CVE-2011-2896.
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References | () http://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=d11ee5886e9d9ec610051a206b135a4cdc1e09a0 - Patch | |
References | () http://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2011-007.txt.asc - | |
References | () http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Feb/msg00000.html - | |
References | () http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html - | |
References | () http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00000.html - | |
References | () http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00001.html - | |
References | () http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00002.html - | |
References | () http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Dec/msg00005.html - | |
References | () http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-August/001721.html - Patch | |
References | () http://lists.freedesktop.org/archives/xorg-announce/2011-August/001722.html - Patch | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-09/msg00019.html - | |
References | () http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-12/msg00004.html - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/45544 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/45568 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/45599 - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/45986 - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/46127 - | |
References | () http://secunia.com/advisories/48951 - | |
References | () http://securitytracker.com/id?1025920 - | |
References | () http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5130 - | |
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References | () http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2293 - | |
References | () http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:153 - | |
References | () http://www.openbsd.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb/src/usr.bin/compress/zopen.c#rev1.17 - | |
References | () http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/10/10 - | |
References | () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1154.html - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1155.html - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1161.html - Vendor Advisory | |
References | () http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1834.html - | |
References | () http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/49124 - | |
References | () http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1191-1 - | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=725760 - Patch | |
References | () https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=727624 - | |
References | () https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/69141 - | |
References | () https://support.apple.com/HT205635 - | |
References | () https://support.apple.com/HT205637 - | |
References | () https://support.apple.com/HT205640 - | |
References | () https://support.apple.com/HT205641 - |
Information
Published : 2011-08-19 17:55
Updated : 2025-04-11 00:51
NVD link : CVE-2011-2895
Mitre link : CVE-2011-2895
CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-2895
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Products Affected
netbsd
- netbsd
openbsd
- openbsd
freebsd
- freebsd
freetype
- freetype
x
- libxfont
CWE
CWE-119
Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer