CVE-2004-0083

high

Description

Buffer overflow in ReadFontAlias from dirfile.c of XFree86 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 allows local users and remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a font alias file (font.alias) with a long token, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0084 and CVE-2004-0106.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9612

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A830

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A806

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15130

https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2004-0083

http://www.xfree86.org/cvs/changes

http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.405053

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9636

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-061.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-060.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-059.html

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_06_xf86.html

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:012

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/820006

http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=72

http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57768-1

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200402-02.xml

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110979666528890&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107653324115914&w=2

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107644835523678&w=2

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000821

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2004-03-03

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.21175