CVE-2004-0083

Buffer overflow in ReadFontAlias from dirfile.c of XFree86 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 allows local users...

10.0 HighPublic exploitFix available

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.

Exploit likelihood

21.2%Down 21.7 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 10.0

Record: CVE-2004-0083
CVSS 2.0: 10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

Record: CVE-2004-0083
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2004-0083 No score

Record: EUVD-2004-0083
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-275v-77j5-j2rj No score

Buffer overflow in ReadFontAlias from dirfile.c of XFree86 4.1.0 through 4.3.0 allows local users...

Record: GHSA-275v-77j5-j2rj
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`xfree86` Debian:3.0	before 4.1.0-16woody3	4.1.0-16woody3
`XFree86` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL

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Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Mesa-libGL` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Mesa-libGLU` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Xnest` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Xvfb` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-base-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-cyrillic-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-doc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-font-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-libs-data` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-syriac-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-tools` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-truetype-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-twm` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-xauth` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-xdm` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-xfs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Mesa-libGL` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Mesa-libGLU` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Xnest` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Xvfb` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-base-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-cyrillic-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-doc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-font-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-libs-data` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-syriac-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-tools` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-truetype-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-twm` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-xauth` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-xdm` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-xfs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Mesa-libGL` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Mesa-libGLU` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Xnest` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Xvfb` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-base-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-cyrillic-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-doc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-font-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-libs-data` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-syriac-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-tools` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-truetype-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-twm` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-xauth` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-xdm` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-xfs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Mesa-libGL` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Mesa-libGLU` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Xnest` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-Xvfb` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-base-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-cyrillic-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-devel` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-doc` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-font-utils` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-libs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-libs-data` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-syriac-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-tools` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-truetype-fonts` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-twm` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-xauth` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-xdm` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL
`XFree86-xfs` Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws	before 0:4.3.0-55.EL	0:4.3.0-55.EL

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
Source	Link	Date
Exploit-DB	XFree86 4.3 - Font Information File Buffer Overflow	2004-11-10

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2004-0083 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0) in Openbsd, published February 14, 2004. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.2%, the 97th percentile. Fixed in xfree86 4.1.0-16woody3.

References

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