https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1500693

            Bug ID: 1500693
           Summary: CVE-2017-13722 libXfont: Insufficient input validation
                    in pcfread.c
           Product: Security Response
         Component: vulnerability
          Keywords: Security
          Severity: low
          Priority: low
          Assignee: [email protected]
          Reporter: [email protected]
                CC: [email protected], [email protected],
                    [email protected], [email protected],
                    [email protected],
                    [email protected],
                    [email protected], [email protected],
                    [email protected], [email protected],
                    [email protected], [email protected]




It was discovered that libXfont incorrectly handled certain malformed PCF
files. A local attacker could use this issue to cause libXfont to crash,
resulting in a denial of service, or possibly obtain sensitive information.

Upstream patch:

https://cgit.freedesktop.org/xorg/lib/libXfont/commit/?id=672bb944311392e2415b39c0d63b1e1902905bcd

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