Vulnerability Report

CVE-2004-0084

Title: XFree86 ReadFontAlias buffer overflow RCE

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2004-0084

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Mar 03, 2004

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

24.86%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2004-0084: Buffer overflow in the ReadFontAlias function in XFree86 4.1.0 to 4.3.0, when using the CopyISOLatin1Lowered function, allows local or remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code via a malformed entry in the font alias (font.alias) file, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-0083 and CVE-2004-0106.

Impacted Vendors

xfree86_project 1

x.org 1

Reference Links

http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000821 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107662833512775&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110979666528890&w=2 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57768-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=73 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/667502 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:012 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_06_xf86.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-059.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-060.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-061.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9652 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.405053 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15200 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10405 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A807 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A831 http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000821 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=107662833512775&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110979666528890&w=2 http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57768-1 http://www.debian.org/security/2004/dsa-443 http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=73 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/667502 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2004:012 http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2004_06_xf86.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-059.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-060.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2004-061.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/9652 http://www.slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2004&m=slackware-security.405053 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/15200 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10405 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A807 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A831

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2004-0084 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/23690

View Code

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

March 03, 2004 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.