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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 exploit

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
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used10.0

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.

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 ListNo score

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.

Record
CVE-2004-0083
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2004-0083No score

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.

Record
EUVD-2004-0083
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-275v-77j5-j2rjNo score

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

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.

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

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
xfree86
Debian:3.0
From an advisory covering 6 CVEs
before 4.1.0-16woody3
4.1.0-16woody3
XFree86
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
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Affected packages
PackageAffectedFixed
XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Mesa-libGL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Mesa-libGLU
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Xnest
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Xvfb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-base-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-cyrillic-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-font-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-libs-data
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-syriac-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-truetype-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-twm
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-xauth
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-xdm
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-xfs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::as
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Mesa-libGL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Mesa-libGLU
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Xnest
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Xvfb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-base-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-cyrillic-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-font-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-libs-data
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-syriac-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-truetype-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-twm
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-xauth
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-xdm
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-xfs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::desktop
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Mesa-libGL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Mesa-libGLU
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Xnest
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Xvfb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-base-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-cyrillic-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-font-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-libs-data
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-syriac-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-truetype-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-twm
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-xauth
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-xdm
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-xfs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::es
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-14-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-14-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-15-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-15-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-2-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-2-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-9-100dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-ISO8859-9-75dpi-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Mesa-libGL
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Mesa-libGLU
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Xnest
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-Xvfb
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-base-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-cyrillic-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-devel
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-doc
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-font-utils
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-libs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-libs-data
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-syriac-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-tools
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-truetype-fonts
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-twm
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-xauth
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-xdm
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
before 0:4.3.0-55.EL
0:4.3.0-55.EL
XFree86-xfs
Red Hat:enterprise_linux:3::ws
From an advisory covering 3 CVEs
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
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBXFree86 4.3 - Font Information File Buffer Overflow2004-11-10

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
affected, facts
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE 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. No source names a fixed version.

References

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