Code: XListFonts(
register Display *dpy,
_Xconst char *pattern,  /* null-terminated */
int maxNames,
int *actualCount)	/* RETURN */
{
    register long nbytes;
    register unsigned i;
    register int length;
    char **flist = NULL;
    char *ch = NULL;
    char *chend;
    int count = 0;
    xListFontsReply rep;
    register xListFontsReq *req;
    unsigned long rlen = 0;

    LockDisplay(dpy);
    GetReq(ListFonts, req);
    req->maxNames = maxNames;
    nbytes = req->nbytes = pattern ? strlen (pattern) : 0;
    req->length += (nbytes + 3) >> 2;
    _XSend (dpy, pattern, nbytes);
    /* use _XSend instead of Data, since following _XReply will flush buffer */

    if (!_XReply (dpy, (xReply *)&rep, 0, xFalse)) {
	*actualCount = 0;
	UnlockDisplay(dpy);
	SyncHandle();
	return (char **) NULL;
    }
 
     if (rep.nFonts) {
 	flist = Xmalloc (rep.nFonts * sizeof(char *));
	if (rep.length < (INT_MAX >> 2)) {
 	    rlen = rep.length << 2;
 	    ch = Xmalloc(rlen + 1);
 	    /* +1 to leave room for last null-terminator */
	}

	if ((! flist) || (! ch)) {
	    Xfree(flist);
	    Xfree(ch);
	    _XEatDataWords(dpy, rep.length);
	    *actualCount = 0;
	    UnlockDisplay(dpy);
	    SyncHandle();
	    return (char **) NULL;
	}

	_XReadPad (dpy, ch, rlen);
	/*
	 * unpack into null terminated strings.
	 */
	chend = ch + (rlen + 1);
	length = *(unsigned char *)ch;
	*ch = 1; /* make sure it is non-zero for XFreeFontNames */
	for (i = 0; i < rep.nFonts; i++) {
 	    if (ch + length < chend) {
 		flist[i] = ch + 1;  /* skip over length */
 		ch += length + 1;  /* find next length ... */
		length = *(unsigned char *)ch;
		*ch = '\0';  /* and replace with null-termination */
		count++;
	    } else
		flist[i] = NULL;
 	}
     }
     *actualCount = count;
			for (names = list+1; *names; names++)
				Xfree (*names);
		}

Vulnerability Type: +Priv
CWE ID: CWE-787
Summary: The XListFonts function in X.org libX11 before 1.6.4 might allow remote X servers to gain privileges via vectors involving length fields, which trigger out-of-bounds write operations.
Commit Message: 