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TI-2007-05009 Aliases CVE-2007-5199GHSA-c8m3-98wf-r685

A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

Priority MEDIUM 46CWE-119Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

A single byte overflow in catalogue.c in X.Org libXfont 1.3.1 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02211 82nd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*1.3.1VulnerableX
  • cpe:2.3:a:x:libxfont:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 1.3.1 Vulnerable ·X

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 3 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2007-5199
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-c8m3-98wf-r685

References

Exploit 1

Advisory 1

  • TI-2013-05415 Stack-based buffer overflow in the bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2011-02548 The LZW decompressor in (1) the BufCompressedFill function in fontfile/decompress.c in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
  • TI-2015-01621 The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2015-01620 The bdfReadCharacters function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2015-01619 The bdfReadProperties function in bitmap/bdfread.c in X.Org libXfont before 1.4.9 and… CVSS 2.0HIGH 8.5
  • TI-2026-40398 libXfont2 computeProps Property Buffer Heap Buffer Overflow CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
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Sources

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